{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-56-61-103","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-61-103","heading":"Applicability and scope","body":"(a) Except as otherwise specified, this chapter shall apply to all health carriers. (b) This chapter shall not apply to a policy or certificate that provides: (1) Coverage only for a specified disease, specified accident or accident-only coverage, credit, dental, disability income, hospital indemnity, long-term care insurance, as defined by § 56-42-103 , vision care or any other limited supplemental benefit or to a medicare supplement policy of insurance as defined by the commissioner; (2) Coverage under a plan through medicare, medicaid or the federal employees health benefits program (FEHB); (3) Any coverage issued under 10 U.S.C. § 1072 and any coverage issued as supplement to that coverage; (4) Any coverage issued as supplemental to liability insurance; workers' compensation or similar insurance; automobile medical-payment insurance or any insurance under which benefits are payable without regard to fault; whether written on a group blanket or individual basis; or (5) Any plan exempt from regulation under this title due to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) ( 29 U.S.C. § 1144 ). Acts 2010, ch. 980, § 4.\n(a) Except as otherwise specified, this chapter shall apply to all health carriers.\n(b) This chapter shall not apply to a policy or certificate that provides: (1) Coverage only for a specified disease, specified accident or accident-only coverage, credit, dental, disability income, hospital indemnity, long-term care insurance, as defined by § 56-42-103 , vision care or any other limited supplemental benefit or to a medicare supplement policy of insurance as defined by the commissioner; (2) Coverage under a plan through medicare, medicaid or the federal employees health benefits program (FEHB); (3) Any coverage issued under 10 U.S.C. § 1072 and any coverage issued as supplement to that coverage; (4) Any coverage issued as supplemental to liability insurance; workers' compensation or similar insurance; automobile medical-payment insurance or any insurance under which benefits are payable without regard to fault; whether written on a group blanket or individual basis; or (5) Any plan exempt from regulation under this title due to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) ( 29 U.S.C. § 1144 ).\n(1) Coverage only for a specified disease, specified accident or accident-only coverage, credit, dental, disability income, hospital indemnity, long-term care insurance, as defined by § 56-42-103 , vision care or any other limited supplemental benefit or to a medicare supplement policy of insurance as defined by the commissioner;\n(2) Coverage under a plan through medicare, medicaid or the federal employees health benefits program (FEHB);\n(3) Any coverage issued under 10 U.S.C. § 1072 and any coverage issued as supplement to that coverage;\n(4) Any coverage issued as supplemental to liability insurance; workers' compensation or similar insurance; automobile medical-payment insurance or any insurance under which benefits are payable without regard to fault; whether written on a group blanket or individual basis; or\n(5) Any plan exempt from regulation under this title due to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) ( 29 U.S.C. § 1144 ).","path":["TN Code","Title 56","Chapter 61"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"8a9c0d4ac9f395f957af9b97fc1e6683d23954954dd0daf1e16a8ce5689f28c5","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-56-61-102","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-56-61-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}