Texas Insurance Code 1379.004 – Exception
This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a plan that provides coverage:
(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;
(B) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;
(C) for credit insurance;
(D) for a specified disease or diseases;
(E) only for dental or vision care;
(F) only for hospital expenses; or
(G) only for indemnity for hospital confinement;
(2) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1395ss);
(3) a workers’ compensation insurance policy;
(4) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or
(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 § 1379.002.