This chapter does not apply to:

1. (1) a plan that provides coverage:

   1. (A) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury;
   2. (B) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;
   3. (C) for credit insurance;
   4. (D) for a specified disease or diseases;
   5. (E) only for dental or vision care;
   6. (F) only for hospital expenses; or
   7. (G) only for indemnity for hospital confinement;
2. (2) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);
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 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 1379.002.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 719 (S.B. 39), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.