Section 1454.002 - Applicability of Chapter This chapter applies only to a health benefit plan that provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or group evidence of coverage or similar coverage document 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;(6) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843;(7) a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 846;(8) an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844; or(9) a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501.Tex. Ins. Code § 1454.002
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. 4/1/2005.