{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1206.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1206.001","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.","body":"This chapter applies only to a health benefit plan, including a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501, that provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or group evidence of coverage or similar coverage document that is offered by:\n(1) an insurance company;\n(2) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842;\n(3) a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885;\n(4) a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884;\n(5) a reciprocal exchange operating under Chapter 942;\n(6) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843;\n(7) a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 846; or\n(8) an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE A. HEALTH COVERAGE IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 1206. DENIAL OF HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN ENROLLMENT BASED ON EXISTING COVERAGE PROHIBITED"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1206.htm#1206.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"681aaf227533a9a4f8abfe7308b74d636457dab69653ae5bc4b0aec0e710adbb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1205.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1206.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}