1. (a) Section 231.015 of the Family Code requires the Child Support Division of the Office of the Attorney General, in consultation with the Texas Department of Insurance and representatives of the insurance industry, to operate by rule a program whereby an insurer shall cooperate with the Child Support Division in matching the names of insurance claimants with the names of obligors who owe past-due child support. When such an individual is identified, the Child Support Division will file a child support lien or withholding order on the claim to secure the payment of past-due support. This subchapter explains how the matching process and the lien process work.
2. (b) As used in this subchapter, "claims" to be reported are claims involving personal injury, personal damages, workers compensation, wrongful or accidental death, and claims by life insurance beneficiaries. Claims involving only property damage or payment of actual medical costs need not be reported.
3. (c) All insurers doing business in Texas, including, but not limited to domestic, foreign and alien companies, self-insurers, and surplus line insurers, are subject to the reporting requirements. All insurers shall report all claims in which the policy was issued in Texas or in which the claimant resides in Texas and are encouraged to report all claims regardless of the State where the claim arises or is filed. As used in this subchapter, the term "insurers" includes all "agents" and "administrators" employed by or associated with the insurer.

Source Note:The provisions of this §55.601 adopted to be effective June 10, 2003, 28 TexReg 4409; amended to be effective March 5, 2008, 33 TexReg 1762; amended to be effective March 16, 2010, 35 TexReg 2153.