Sec. 847.004. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER  


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  • This 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 , Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.