{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1360.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1360.003","heading":"EXCEPTION.","body":"This chapter does not apply to:\n(1) a plan that provides coverage:\n(A) only for a specified disease or 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 vision care; or\n(G) only for indemnity for hospital confinement;\n(2) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);\n(3) a workers' compensation insurance policy;\n(4) a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501;\n(5) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or\n(6) 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 1360.002.\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 E. BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER HEALTH COVERAGES","CHAPTER 1360. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT AFFECTING TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1360.htm#1360.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"60f1fbaf0c2a8d0d9a10ff507703e1c96c5b12b09e2cffc1066d56d34a29378c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1360.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1360.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}