Section 1362.002 - Exception This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a health benefit plan that provides coverage:(A) only for a specified disease or for another limited benefit;(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; or(E) only for indemnity for hospital confinement;(2) a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501;(3) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss) ;(4) a workers' compensation insurance policy;(5) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or(6) 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 1362.001.Tex. Ins. Code § 1362.002
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. 4/1/2005.