SECTION 1.208. Applicability

(a) This section and §1.209 of this title (relating to Telephone, Fax, Email Address, Website Address, and Department Addresses in Rules, Forms) and §1.210 of this title (relating to Notice to Customers) apply to all documents or information provided to consumers or the public that include TDI contact information, including contracts, policies, evidences of coverage, bonds, certificates of insurance, and notices delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state, and subject to regulation under the Insurance Code, except as specified in §1.210 of this title.

(b) Documents and information described in subsection (a) of this section and issued on or after July 1, 2023, must reflect the current TDI contact information described in §1.209 of this title, except as provided by subsection (c) of this section and §1.210 of this title.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, insurers, health maintenance organizations, and other regulated persons may continue to use and issue documents and information described in subsection (a) of this section until September 1, 2023, if the documents or information were printed before January 1, 2023.

(d) Documents and information described in subsection (a) of this section that were approved or filed, whichever is applicable, before January 1, 2023, may be delivered or issued for delivery without refiling.

Source Note: The provisions of this §1.208 adopted to be effective June 1, 2015, 40 TexReg 3174; amended to be effective June 7, 2023, 48 TexReg 2854