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TITLE 28 - INSURANCE
PART 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
CHAPTER 3 - LIFE, ACCIDENT, AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES
SUBCHAPTER S - MINIMUM STANDARDS AND BENEFITS AND READABILITY FOR INDIVIDUAL ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES
SECTION/RULE §3.3009 - Policy Definitions of Sickness
Chapter Review Date 05/06/2022

Except as provided in this subchapter, the definition of "sickness" may not be more restrictive than the following: Sickness means illness or disease of an insured person which first manifested itself after the effective date of insurance and while the insurance is in force. A definition of sickness which anticipates the exclusion of coverage of pre-existing conditions subject to the limitations expressed in Insurance Code §1201.208 may not use the phrase "the cause of which originates" or any similar phrase. The definition may be modified to exclude sickness or disease for which benefits are provided under any workmen's compensation, occupational disease, employer's liability, or similar statute.

Source Note: The provisions of this §3.3009 adopted to be effective January 26, 1977, 2 TexReg 159; amended to be effective May 11, 2022, 47 TexReg 2758.

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