Sec. 546.003.  EXCEPTIONS.  This chapter does not apply to:
(1)  a plan that provides coverage:
(A)  only for a specified disease;
(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; or
(D)  as a supplement to liability insurance;
(2)  a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);
(3)  workers' compensation insurance coverage;
(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 546.002.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by: 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 670 (S.B. 53), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.