Sec. 1214.002.  EXCEPTION.  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 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 1G.001, eff. April 1, 2009.
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