Section 1451.253 - Exception This subchapter 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 instead of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury; or(D) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;(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;(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 1451.252; or(7) any health benefit plan that does not provide:(A) benefits related to pregnancy; or(B) well-woman care benefits.Tex. Ins. Code § 1451.253
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. 4/1/2005.