Tex. Ins. Code Section 1357.002
Applicability of Subchapter

This subchapter 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 (Group Hospital Service Corporations);

(3)

a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885 (Fraternal Benefit Societies);

(4)

a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884 (Stipulated Premium Insurance Companies);

(5)

a reciprocal exchange operating under Chapter 942 (Reciprocal and Interinsurance Exchanges);

(6)

a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843 (Health Maintenance Organizations);

(7)

a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 846 (Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements); or

(8)

an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844 (Certification of Certain Nonprofit Health Corporations).
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.

Source: Section 1357.002 — Applicability of Subchapter, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.­1357.­htm#1357.­002 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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