(a) In connection with a claim for death benefits payable under a life insurance policy or an annuity contract, the following persons are authorized to execute a medical records release authorization that may be required by the insurance company that issued the life insurance policy or annuity contract:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-7-134

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Health care provider: means any person or entity performing services regulated pursuant to title 63 or title 68, chapter 11. See Tennessee Code 56-7-110
  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds-type organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
  • Personal representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) The personal representative of the decedent‘s estate, if any;
(2) A beneficiary of the death benefits named in the policy or contract; or
(3) A person who has filed an affidavit pursuant to § 30-4-103 in connection with the decedent’s estate.
(b) Unless prohibited by federal law, a health care provider licensed under title 33, title 63 or title 68 shall honor a medical records release authorization executed in accordance with this section.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the ability of a health care provider to charge for copies of medical records in accordance with any applicable law.
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