This chapter does not apply to:

1. (1) a plan that provides coverage:

   1. (A) only for a specified disease or for another limited benefit;
   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;
   4. (D) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;
   5. (E) for credit insurance;
   6. (F) only for dental or vision care;
   7. (G) only for hospital expenses;
   8. (H) only for indemnity for hospital confinement; or
   9. (I) in accordance with Title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1397aa et seq.);
2. (2) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss), as amended;
3. (3) a workers' compensation insurance policy;
4. (4) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or
5. (5) a long-term care insurance 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 1206.001.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.