2021 Texas Statutes
Insurance Code
Title 5 - Protection of Consumer Interests
Subtitle C - Deceptive, Unfair, and Prohibited Practices
Chapter 564 - Disclosures for the Sale of Certain Occupational Insurance Policies
Section 564.005. Required Disclosures for Occupational Policies
Sec. 564.005. REQUIRED DISCLOSURES FOR OCCUPATIONAL POLICIES. An occupational policy shall include the following disclosure statement in 10-point boldface type on the first page of the policy and on the first page of all materials used in advertising or marketing the occupational policy to an employer that elects not to maintain workers' compensation insurance coverage under Chapter 406, Labor Code:
"THIS IS NOT A WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE POLICY. THE EMPLOYER DOES NOT OBTAIN WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE BY PURCHASING THIS POLICY, AND IF THE EMPLOYER HAS NOT ELECTED TO OBTAIN WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE, THE EMPLOYER DOES NOT OBTAIN THOSE BENEFITS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAWS IN THIS STATE. THE EMPLOYER MUST COMPLY WITH THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAWS IN THIS STATE AS THEY PERTAIN TO EMPLOYERS THAT ELECT NOT TO MAINTAIN WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE AND THE REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS THAT MUST BE FILED AND POSTED."
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 281 (H.B. 3769), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
