Sec. 1355.252.  APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.  (a)  This subchapter applies only to a health benefit plan that provides benefits or coverage for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness and for treatment expenses incurred as a result of a mental health condition or substance use disorder, including an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, an individual or group evidence of coverage, or a 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 health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843;
(6)  a reciprocal exchange operating under Chapter 942;
(7)  a Lloyd's plan operating under Chapter 941;
(8)  an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844; or
(9)  a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 846.
(b)  Notwithstanding Section 1501.251 or any other law, this subchapter applies to coverage under a small employer health benefit plan subject to Chapter 1501.
(c)  This subchapter applies to a standard health benefit plan issued under Chapter 1507.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 10), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.