Texas Insurance Code 546.104 – Authorized Disclosure
Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code 546.104
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
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.