Sec. 1379.004.  EXCEPTION.  This chapter does not apply to:
(1)  a plan that provides coverage:
(A)  for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury;
(B)  as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;
(C)  for credit insurance;
(D)  for a specified disease or diseases;
(E)  only for dental or vision care;
(F)  only for hospital expenses; or
(G)  only for indemnity for hospital confinement;
(2)  a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);
(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 1379.002.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 719 (S.B. 39), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.