2021 Texas Statutes
Insurance Code
Title 5 - Protection of Consumer Interests
Subtitle C - Deceptive, Unfair, and Prohibited Practices
Chapter 562 - Unfair Methods of Competition and Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices Regarding Discount Health Care Programs
Subchapter D. Determination of Unfair Methods of Competition and Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices; Enforcement; Sanctions and Penalties
Section 562.157. Determination of Violation
Sec. 562.157. DETERMINATION OF VIOLATION. After a hearing under this subchapter to determine whether a person has engaged in an unfair method of competition or unfair or deceptive act or practice prohibited by this chapter, the department shall determine whether:
(1) the method of competition or the act or practice considered in the hearing is defined as:
(A) an unfair method of competition or deceptive act or practice under Subchapter B; or
(B) a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice under Section 17.46, Business & Commerce Code; and
(2) the person against whom the charges were made engaged in the method of competition or act or practice in violation of:
(A) this chapter; or
(B) Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code, as specified in Section 17.46, Business & Commerce Code.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1331 (H.B. 4341), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
