{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-146.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 146.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Health benefit plan\" means a plan or arrangement under which medical or surgical expenses are paid for or reimbursed or health care services are arranged for or provided. The term includes:\n(A) an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy, insurance agreement, or group hospital service contract;\n(B) an evidence of coverage or group subscriber contract issued by a health maintenance organization or an approved nonprofit health corporation;\n(C) a benefit plan provided by a multiple employer welfare arrangement or another analogous benefit arrangement;\n(D) a workers' compensation insurance policy; or\n(E) a motor vehicle insurance policy, to the extent the policy provides personal injury protection or medical payments coverage.\n(2) \"Health care service provider\" means a person who, under a license or other grant of authority issued by this state, provides health care services the costs of which may be paid for or reimbursed under a health benefit plan.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 146. CERTAIN CLAIMS BY HEALTH CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS BARRED"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.146.htm#146.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"8e20ccd2e7934e57eb705f4bd298c1cf7bfe1e32f95666bd21dee451f8e16b13","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-145.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-146.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}