Tex. Ins. Code § 546.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
EXCEPTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
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.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.546.htm
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