Sec. 1376.002.  EXCEPTIONS.  This chapter does not apply to:
(1)  a plan that provides coverage:
(A)  only for a specified disease or other 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; or
(E)  only for indemnity for hospital confinement;
(2)  a standard health benefit plan issued under Chapter 1507;
(3)  a workers' compensation insurance policy;
(4)  medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or
(5)  a long-term care 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 1376.001.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1270 (H.B. 1290), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.