1. (a) This chapter applies only to a health benefit plan that provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, an individual or group evidence of coverage, or a similar coverage document, that is offered by:

   1. (1) an insurance company;
   2. (2) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842;
   3. (3) a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885;
   4. (4) a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884;
   5. (5) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843;
   6. (6) a reciprocal exchange operating under Chapter 942;
   7. (7) a Lloyd's plan operating under Chapter 941;
   8. (8) an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844; or
   9. (9) a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 846.
2. (b) This chapter applies to a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 577 (H.B. 1485), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.