Tex. Ins. Code Section 1358.102
Exception


This subchapter does not apply to:

(1)

a health benefit plan that provides coverage:

(A)

only for a specified disease or for another single benefit;

(B)

only for accidental death or dismemberment;

(C)

for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury;

(D)

as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;

(E)

for credit insurance;

(F)

only for dental or vision care;

(G)

only for hospital expenses; or

(H)

only for indemnity for hospital confinement;

(2)

a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);

(3)

medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy;

(4)

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 1358.101 (Applicability of Subchapter);

(5)

health and accident coverage provided by a risk pool created under Chapter 172 (Texas Political Subdivisions Uniform Group Benefits Program), Local Government Code; or

(6)

a workers’ compensation insurance policy.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 589 (S.B. 827), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.

Source: Section 1358.102 — Exception, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.­1358.­htm#1358.­102 (accessed May 4, 2024).

Accessed:
May 4, 2024

§ 1358.102’s source at texas​.gov