Texas Insurance Code Title 5, Chapter 601 - Privacy

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 601.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Affiliate" means a company that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another company. For the purposes of...
• Texas Section 601.002 - Compliance With Federal Law Required
  (a) A covered entity shall comply with 15 U.S.C. Sections 6802 and 6803, as amended, in the same manner as a financial institution is required...
• Texas Section 601.003 - Exemption
  Section 601.002(a) does not apply to a covered entity to the extent that the entity is acting solely as an insurance agent, employee, or other...

SUBCHAPTER B DEPARTMENT POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 601.004 - Treatment Of Certain Health Information; Stricter Rules Not Precluded
  This chapter does not affect the authority of the department or another state agency to adopt stricter rules governing the treatment of health information by...
• Texas Section 601.051 - Rules
  (a) The commissioner shall adopt: (1) rules to implement this chapter; and (2) any other rules necessary to carry out Subtitle A, Title V, Gramm-Leach-Bliley...

SUBCHAPTER C ENFORCEMENT

• Texas Section 601.052 - Implementation Of Certain Standards
  The department shall implement standards as required by 15 U.S.C. Section 6805(b), as amended. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff....
• Texas Section 601.101 - Enforcement By Department
  The department shall enforce 15 U.S.C. Sections 6801-6805, as amended, to the extent required by 15 U.S.C. Section 6805, as amended, and this chapter. Added...
• Texas Section 601.102 - Injunctive Or Declaratory Relief; Civil Penalty
  (a) The attorney general, after conferring with the commissioner, may institute an action for injunctive or declaratory relief to restrain a violation of this chapter....

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