Sec. 4154.101. NAVIGATORS NOT LICENSED AS AGENTS. (a) Unless the navigator is licensed to act as an agent under Chapter 4054, a navigator may not:
(1) sell, solicit, or negotiate coverage under a health benefit plan;
(2) endorse a health benefit plan or group of health benefit plans;
(3) provide, or offer to provide, information or services related to insurance products not offered through a health benefit exchange;
(4) offer advice or advise consumers on which qualified health plan available through a health benefit exchange is preferable;
(5) accept any compensation that is wholly or partly dependent on whether a person enrolls in or purchases a health benefit plan; or
(6) in the course of acting as a navigator, engage in any electioneering activities or finance or otherwise support the candidacy of a person for an office in the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of state government, or of the government of the United States, or any political subdivision of this state.
(b) This section does not prohibit a navigator from providing information on public benefits and health coverage, or other information and services consistent with the mission of a navigator.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1795), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
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