Tex. Ins. Code Section 848.003
Use of Insurance-related Terms by Health Care Collaborative


A health care collaborative that is not an insurer or health maintenance organization may not use in its name, contracts, or literature:

(1)

the following words or initials:

(A)

“insurance”;

(B)

“casualty”;

(C)

“surety”;

(D)

“mutual”;

(E)

“health maintenance organization”; or

(F)

“HMO”; or

(2)

any other words or initials that are:

(A)

descriptive of the insurance, casualty, surety, or health maintenance organization business; or

(B)

deceptively similar to the name or description of an insurer, surety corporation, or health maintenance organization engaging in business in this state.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 4.01, eff. September 28, 2011.

Source: Section 848.003 — Use of Insurance-related Terms by Health Care Collaborative, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.­848.­htm#848.­003 (accessed May 4, 2024).

Accessed:
May 4, 2024

§ 848.003’s source at texas​.gov