Section 1216.003 - Exception This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a plan that provides coverage: (A) only for a specified disease;(B) only for accidental death or dismemberment;(C) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury;(D) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;(E) only for dental or vision care;(F) only for indemnity for hospital confinement; or(G) only for health care services provided to an enrollee while the enrollee is traveling to, visiting, or residing in a foreign country;(2) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss) ;(3) a workers' compensation insurance policy;(4) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or(5) a long-term care insurance policy, including a nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner determines that the policy provides benefit coverage so comprehensive that the policy is a health benefit plan as described by Section 1216.002.Tex. Ins. Code § 1216.003
Renumbered from Insurance Code, Section 1215.003 by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87, Sec. 27.001(62), eff. 9/1/2009.Renumbered from Insurance Code, Section 1215.003 and amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87, Sec. 27.002(12), eff. 9/1/2009.Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1322, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2007.