This subchapter applies only to a group health benefit plan that provides hospital and medical coverage on an expense-incurred, service, or prepaid basis, including a group policy, contract, or plan that is offered in this state by:

1. (1) an insurer;
2. (2) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842; or
3. (3) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843.

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

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 8 (H.B. 109), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.