Texas Insurance Code 1551.356 – Standing
(a) A person has standing to appeal a determination of the executive director under this subchapter only if the person is:
(1) an employee, participant, annuitant, or covered dependent participating in the group benefits program; or
(2) after the death of an employee, participant, annuitant, or covered dependent, the person’s estate, personal representative, heir at law, or designated beneficiary.
(b) A person has no standing to appeal a determination of the executive director under this subchapter or to pursue a private cause of action against the state, the board of trustees, the retirement system, the executive director, an administering firm, or an employee of any of those persons based on a determination or the implementation by the board or executive director of the type or scope of plan design features under the group benefits program.
Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code 1551.356
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- 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
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- 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