1. (a) As used in this chapter, "health plan" means:

   1. (1) a policy of accident and sickness insurance (as defined in IC 27-8-5-1 );
   2. (2) an individual contract or a group contract with a health maintenance organization under IC 27-13 ; or

   3. (3) another plan or program that provides payment, reimbursement, or indemnification for the costs of health care items or services;

      that conditions the payment of benefits, in whole or in part, on a covered individual's use of providers that have agreed to be part of a network.

2. (b) The term does not include the following:

   1. (1) Worker's compensation or similar insurance.
   2. (2) Benefits provided under a certificate of exemption issued by the worker's compensation board under IC 22-3-2-5 .
   3. (3) Medicaid ( IC 12-15 ).

As added by P.L.147-2017, SEC.1.