# 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 22.55: 28 TAC § 22.55. Delivery of Requests for Authorization & Authorization Forms

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## Section

- **Citation:** 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 22.55
- **Heading:** 28 TAC § 22.55. Delivery of Requests for Authorization & Authorization Forms
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Texas Administrative Code / Title 28 INSURANCE / Part 1 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE / Chapter 22 PRIVACY / 28 TAC § 22.55

## Text

(a) A covered entity may deliver a request for authorization
 and an authorization form to a consumer as required by this subchapter:
(1) separately; or
(2) along with a policy, billing, an opt-out notice pursuant
 to Subchapter A of this chapter, or other written communication, provided
 that the request for authorization and the authorization form:
(A) are clear and conspicuous,
(B) are separate in content from any other accompanying written
 communication, and
(C) require a separate signature on a signature line that is
 not a part of any signature line relating to any of the other accompanying
 written communication.
(b) A covered entity is not required to deliver, or include
 in any other communications, an authorization form to the consumer unless
 the covered entity intends to disclose protected health information pursuant
 to §22.53 of this subchapter (relating to Authorization Required for
 Disclosure of Nonpublic Personal Health Information).
(c) A covered entity must receive an authorization prior to
 making any disclosures pursuant to that authorization.

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