INSURANCE CODE
TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES
SUBTITLE E. BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER HEALTH COVERAGES
CHAPTER 1370. CERTAIN TESTS FOR DETECTION OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS, OVARIAN CANCER, AND CERVICAL CANCER
Sec. 1370.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter applies only to a health benefit plan 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, 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) This chapter applies to a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 577 (H.B. 1485), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.