{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1206.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1206.002","heading":"EXCEPTION.","body":"This chapter does not apply to:\n(1) a plan that provides coverage:\n(A) only for a specified disease or for another limited benefit;\n(B) only for accidental death or dismemberment;\n(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;\n(D) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;\n(E) for credit insurance;\n(F) only for dental or vision care;\n(G) only for hospital expenses;\n(H) only for indemnity for hospital confinement; or\n(I) in accordance with Title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1397aa et seq.);\n(2) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss), as amended;\n(3) a workers' compensation insurance policy;\n(4) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or\n(5) a long-term care insurance 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 Section 1206.001.\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#1206.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"d95272bbdc1b829889964bf7422295531a63e4626841f92b0bc66a2cd127a4f6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1206.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1206.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}