{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1366.054","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1366.054","heading":"EXCEPTION.","body":"This subchapter 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; 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) 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 1366.053.\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 1366. BENEFITS RELATED TO FERTILITY AND CHILDBIRTH","SUBCHAPTER B. MINIMUM INPATIENT STAY FOLLOWING BIRTH OF CHILD AND POSTDELIVERY CARE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1366.htm#1366.054","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"08b506d4653399da0acdf7159fc1216bfc022304bea52addadfd22916bb535f2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1366.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1366.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}