Sec. 1214.002. EXCEPTION  


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  • This chapter does not apply to:

    (1) a health benefit plan that provides coverage:

    (A) only for a specified disease;

    (B) only for accidental death or dismemberment; or

    (C) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury; or

    (2) a long-term care insurance policy, including a nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner determines that the policy provides benefits so comprehensive that the policy is a health benefit plan as described by Section 1214.001.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 , Sec. 1G.001, eff. April 1, 2009.