Tex. Ins. Code Section 1205.001
Applicability of Chapter


This chapter applies only to a health benefit plan that:

(1)

provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including:

(A)

an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or group evidence of coverage that is offered by:
(i)
an insurance company;
(ii)
a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842 (Group Hospital Service Corporations);
(iii)
a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885 (Fraternal Benefit Societies);
(iv)
a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884 (Stipulated Premium Insurance Companies); or
(v)
a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843 (Health Maintenance Organizations); and

(B)

to the extent permitted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.), a health benefit plan that is offered by:
(i)
a multiple employer welfare arrangement as defined by Section 3 of that Act and operating under Chapter 846 (Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements); or
(ii)
an analogous benefit arrangement;

(2)

is offered by an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844 (Certification of Certain Nonprofit Health Corporations); or

(3)

is offered by any other entity that:

(A)

is not authorized under this code or another insurance law of this state; and

(B)

contracts directly for health care services on a risk-sharing basis, including a capitation basis.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.

Source: Section 1205.001 — Applicability of Chapter, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.­1205.­htm#1205.­001 (accessed May 18, 2024).

Accessed:
May 18, 2024

§ 1205.001’s source at texas​.gov