Texas Insurance Code 701.151 – Confidentiality of Department Information
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(a) Information or material acquired by the department that is relevant to an investigation by the insurance fraud unit is not a public record for the period the commissioner considers reasonably necessary to:
(1) complete the investigation;
(2) protect the person under investigation from unwarranted injury; or
(3) serve the public interest.
(b) The information or material is not subject to a subpoena by another governmental entity, other than a grand jury subpoena, until:
(1) the information or material is released for public inspection by the commissioner; or
(2) after notice and a hearing a district court determines that obeying the subpoena would not jeopardize the public interest and any investigation by the commissioner.
Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code 701.151
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
(c) This section does not affect the conduct of a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.