Section 1379.004 - Exception This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a plan that provides coverage: (A) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury;(B) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;(C) for credit insurance;(D) for a specified disease or diseases;(E) only for dental or vision care;(F) only for hospital expenses; or(G) only for indemnity for hospital confinement;(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 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 1379.002.Tex. Ins. Code § 1379.004
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 719, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2009.