Sec. 1206.001.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.  This chapter applies only to a health benefit plan, including a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501, 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;
(3)  a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885;
(4)  a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884;
(5)  a reciprocal exchange operating under Chapter 942;
(6)  a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843;
(7)  a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 846;  or
(8)  an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.