Tex. Insurance Code § 546.104
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 546.104, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 546.104. AUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE.
Official statutory text
An individual or an individual's legal representative may authorize disclosure of genetic information relating to the individual by an authorization that:
(1) is written in plain language;
(2) is dated;
(3) contains a specific description of the information to be disclosed;
(4) identifies or describes each person authorized to disclose the genetic information to a health benefit plan issuer;
(5) identifies or describes the individuals or entities to whom the disclosure or subsequent redisclosure of the genetic information may be made;
(6) describes the specific purpose of the disclosure;
(7) is signed by the individual or legal representative and, if the disclosure is made to claim proceeds of an affected life insurance policy, the claimant; and
(8) advises the individual or legal representative that the individual's authorized representative is entitled to receive a copy of the authorization.
(1) is written in plain language;
(2) is dated;
(3) contains a specific description of the information to be disclosed;
(4) identifies or describes each person authorized to disclose the genetic information to a health benefit plan issuer;
(5) identifies or describes the individuals or entities to whom the disclosure or subsequent redisclosure of the genetic information may be made;
(6) describes the specific purpose of the disclosure;
(7) is signed by the individual or legal representative and, if the disclosure is made to claim proceeds of an affected life insurance policy, the claimant; and
(8) advises the individual or legal representative that the individual's authorized representative is entitled to receive a copy of the authorization.
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