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TITLE 28INSURANCE
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
CHAPTER 19LICENSING AND REGULATION OF INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS
SUBCHAPTER QDISCOUNT HEALTH CARE PROGRAM REGISTRATION AND RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS
RULE §19.1605Requirements Related to Discount Health Care Program Information

(a) Except for changes in the form of contracts as provided in Insurance Code §7001.005(b), concerning Application for Registration and Renewal of Registration, and subsection (b) of this section, a registered discount health care program operator whose registration or renewal information has changed since the initial registration or renewal pursuant to Insurance Code §7001.005(a) and this section must notify the department in writing of a change not later than the 30th day after the effective date of the change using instructions provided on the department's website.

(b) After the initial registration, if the form of a contract described by Insurance Code §7001.005(a)(5) and §19.1602(a)(2)(C) of this title (relating to Registration Requirement) changes, the program operator is required to file the modified contract with the department before it may be used.

(c) After the initial registration, a discount health care program operator must comply with the requirements of Insurance Code §7001.005(a)(4) and this section to submit to the department on a quarterly basis, not later than each June 30, September 30, December 31, and March 31, lists of marketers, both entities and individuals, separated as follows:

  (1) a list of the marketers, both entities and individuals, authorized to sell or distribute the program operator's programs under the program operator's name; and

  (2) a list of the marketers and individuals authorized to private label the program operator's programs.

(d) A discount health care program operator must submit the quarterly list of the marketers using instructions provided on the department's website.

(e) Assistance with notifying the department in writing of a change in information or with submitting the quarterly list of marketers is available at the department's website.


Source Note: The provisions of this §19.1605 adopted to be effective September 8, 2010, 35 TexReg 8111; amended to be effective June 19, 2023, 48 TexReg 3285

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