Sec. 847.004.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.  This chapter applies only to an entity that issues a health benefit plan and that holds a license or certificate of authority issued by the commissioner and provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including:
(1)  an insurance company;
(2)  a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842;
(3)  a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843;
(4)  an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority issued by the commissioner under Chapter 844;
(5)  a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 846;
(6)  a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884;
(7)  a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885; or
(8)  a reciprocal exchange operating under Chapter 942.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 789 (S.B. 155), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.