As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires or a different meaning is specifically prescribed, “health insurance” policy means insurance providing benefits due to illness or injury, resulting in loss of life, loss of earnings, or expenses incurred, and includes the following types of coverage:

1. (1) Basic hospital expense coverage;
2. (2) basic medical-surgical expense coverage;
3. (3) hospital confinement indemnity coverage;
4. (4) major medical expense coverage;
5. (5) disability income protection coverage;
6. (6) accident only coverage;
7. (7) long-term care coverage;
8. (8) specified accident coverage;
9. (9) Medicare supplement coverage;
10. (10) limited benefit health coverage;
11. (11) hospital or medical service plan contract;
12. (12) hospital and medical coverage provided to subscribers of a health care center;
13. (13) specified disease coverage;
14. (14) TriCare supplement coverage;
15. (15) travel health coverage;
16. (16) single service ancillary health coverage, including, but not limited to, dental, vision or prescription drug coverage; and
17. (17) short-term care coverage.

(P.A. 90-243, S. 68; P.A. 96-227, S. 9; P.A. 08-147, S. 5; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 171; P.A. 16-63, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 96-227 added “specified disease coverage” as a type of “health insurance” policy; (Revisor's note: In 2005 the words “title 38a” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with “this title”); P.A. 08-147 added Subdiv. (14) to include TriCare supplement coverage in definition of “health insurance” policy; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 added Subdiv. (15) re travel health coverage and Subdiv. (16) re single service ancillary health coverage as types of health insurance policies; P.A. 16-63 added Subdiv. (17) re short-term care coverage and made a technical change.