{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1207.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1207.001","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.","body":"This chapter applies only to a group health benefit plan, including a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501, a plan provided under Chapter 1551, 1575, or 1601, or a successor to a plan provided under one of those chapters, or a medical savings account plan or other health reimbursement arrangement authorized by law, that provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including a group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, or a group evidence of coverage or similar group 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.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 11.025(a), eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE A. HEALTH COVERAGE IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 1207. ENROLLMENT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS AND CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR STATE CHILD HEALTH PLAN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1207.htm#1207.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"bc3c171a1c6f209876d04c9fb3809f4dad6821a4de8bf47d671f8ab90f83288d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1206.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1207.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}