Section 1203.051 - Applicability of Subchapter; Exception(a) This subchapter applies only to an insurance policy that provides benefits for dental expenses, including, except as provided by Subsection (b), an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, or a group hospital service contract, that is offered by: (1) an insurance company;(2) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842;(3) a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885;(4) a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884;(5) a reciprocal exchange operating under Chapter 942; or(6) a Lloyd's plan operating under Chapter 941.(b) This subchapter does not apply to a separate dental policy that exclusively provides a non-coordinated, fixed indemnity benefit, regardless of expenses incurred paid directly to the policyholder or to the provider under an assignment of benefits provision.Tex. Ins. Code § 1203.051
Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 572,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2015.