Tex. Ins. Code Section 1214.001
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 agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or group evidence of coverage issued by:

(1)

an insurance company;

(2)

a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842 (Group Hospital Service Corporations);

(3)

a health maintenance organization operating under Section 1367.053 (Coverage Required), Subchapter A (Applicability of Certain Definitions), Chapter 1452 (Physician and Provider Credentials), Subchapter B, Chapter 1507 (Consumer Choice of Benefits Plans), Chapter 222 (Life, Health, and Accident Insurance Premium Tax), 251 (General Provisions), or 258 (Health Maintenance Organizations), as applicable to a health maintenance organization, Chapter 843 (Health Maintenance Organizations), Chapter 1271 (Benefits Provided by Health Maintenance Organizations; Evidence of Coverage; Charges), and Chapter 1272 (Delegation of Certain Functions by Health Maintenance Organization); or

(4)

an approved nonprofit health corporation holding a certificate of authority under Chapter 844 (Certification of Certain Nonprofit Health Corporations).
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 1G.001, eff. April 1, 2009.

Source: Section 1214.001 — Applicability of Chapter, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.­1214.­htm#1214.­001 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 1214.001’s source at texas​.gov