by Eric J. Ellman | Apr 14, 2021
On Oct. 20, 2020, Tamara L. Cochran-May, the County Attorney for San Patricio County, requested an opinion from the Attorney General regarding the application of Tex. Bus. & Comm. § 20.05 to self-funded health insurance plans. This section of law has been under...
by Eric J. Ellman | Apr 13, 2021
In April 2021, CDIA wrote to the House Committee on Pensions, Investments & Financial Services in support of H.B. 4266, a bill to regulate certain activities of credit repair organizations and require the organizations to provide certain notifications to potential...
by Eric J. Ellman | Mar 15, 2021
In late-2020, media outlets, including Fox 26 in Houston reported that “…nearly 28 million Texas drivers may have had their personal information breached when an insurance software company called Vertafore, with access to driver’s license data, says it was hacked.” ...
by Eric J. Ellman | Sep 8, 2020
The Texas Privacy Protection Advisory Committee released its report. As you will recall, the committee was created by H.B. 4390 (2019) by Rep. Giovanni Capriglione (R-Southlake). The committee released its report in September 2020, after more comprehensive committee...
by Eric J. Ellman | Dec 26, 2019
In September 2019, CDIA filed suit against the State of Texas challenging the validity of a law that changes the way medical debt is reported to credit bureaus. The Texas law is preempted by the FCRA. In October, the state filed its motion to dismiss, which was...
