This chapter does not apply to:

1. (1) a plan that provides coverage:

   1. (A) only for a specified disease;
   2. (B) only for accidental death or dismemberment;
   3. (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
   4. (D) as a supplement to liability insurance;
2. (2) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);
3. (3) workers' compensation insurance coverage;
4. (4) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or
5. (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.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 670 (S.B. 53), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.