Tex. Ins. Code Section 222.001
Applicability of Chapter


(a)

This chapter applies to any insurer, including a group hospital service corporation, any health maintenance organization, and any managed care organization that receives gross premiums or revenues subject to taxation under Section 222.002 (Tax Imposed), including companies operating under Chapter 841 (Life, Health, or Accident Insurance Companies), 842 (Group Hospital Service Corporations), 843 (Health Maintenance Organizations), 861 (General Casualty Companies), 881 (Statewide Mutual Assessment Companies), 882 (Mutual Life Insurance Companies), 883 (Mutual Insurance Companies Other than Mutual Life Insurance Companies), 884 (Stipulated Premium Insurance Companies), 941 (Lloyd’s Plan), 942 (Reciprocal and Interinsurance Exchanges), 982 (Foreign and Alien Insurance Companies), or 984 (Mexican Casualty Insurance Companies), Insurance Code, Chapter 533, Government Code, or Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act.

(a)

This chapter applies to any insurer, including a group hospital service corporation, any health maintenance organization, and any managed care organization that receives gross premiums or revenues subject to taxation under Section 222.002 (Tax Imposed), including companies operating under Chapter 841 (Life, Health, or Accident Insurance Companies), 842 (Group Hospital Service Corporations), 843 (Health Maintenance Organizations), 861 (General Casualty Companies), 881 (Statewide Mutual Assessment Companies), 882 (Mutual Life Insurance Companies), 883 (Mutual Insurance Companies Other than Mutual Life Insurance Companies), 884 (Stipulated Premium Insurance Companies), 941 (Lloyd’s Plan), 942 (Reciprocal and Interinsurance Exchanges), 982 (Foreign and Alien Insurance Companies), or 984 (Mexican Casualty Insurance Companies), Insurance Code, Chapter 540 (Medicaid Managed Care Program) or 540A (Medicaid Managed Transportation Services), Government Code, as applicable, or Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act.

(b)

This chapter does not apply to:

(1)

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

(2)

a local mutual aid association operating under Chapter 886 (Local Mutual Aid Associations); or

(3)

a society that limits its membership to one occupation.

(c)

For purposes of computing the tax imposed by this chapter, a managed care organization is treated in the same manner as a health maintenance organization.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 11.002(a), eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 2.118, eff. April 1, 2025.

Source: Section 222.001 — Applicability of Chapter, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.­222.­htm#222.­001 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 222.001’s source at texas​.gov