APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Tex. INS Code § 847.004.
in effectThis chapter applies only to an entity that issues a health benefit plan and that holds a license or certificate of authority issued by the commissioner and provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including:
(1) an insurance company;
(2) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842 ;
(3) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843 ;
(4) an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority issued by the commissioner under Chapter 844 ;
(5) a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 846 ;
(6) a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884 ;
(7) a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885 ; or
(8) a reciprocal exchange operating under Chapter 942 .
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 789 (S.B. 155 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.