RECOVERY FROM CERTAIN PERSONS.

(a) The association is entitled to recover:

(1) the amount of a covered claim and the cost of defense paid on behalf of a person:

(A) who is an affiliate of the impaired insurer; and

(B) whose liability obligations to other persons are satisfied wholly or partly by payment made under this chapter; and

(2) the amount of a covered claim for workers' compensation insurance benefits and the costs of administration and defense of the claim paid under this chapter from an insured employer or any successor entity to the insured employer under state, federal, or international law whose net worth on December 31 of the year preceding the date the insurer becomes an impaired insurer exceeds $50 million.

(b) The association is not entitled to recover under Subsection (a)(2) against an insured who is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being described by Section 501(c)(3) of that code.

(c) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), an insured's net worth is deemed to include the aggregate net worth of the insured and of the insured's parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies computed on a consolidated basis.

(d) A court shall award the association the association's costs, expenses, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in seeking recovery under this section.