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.