Sec. 1367.102.  EXCEPTION.  This subchapter does not apply to:
(1)  a plan that provides coverage:
(A)  only for a specified disease or for another limited 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;  or
(G)  only for indemnity for hospital confinement;
(2)  a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501;
(3)  a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);
(4)  a workers' compensation insurance policy;
(5)  medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy;  or
(6)  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 1367.101.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.