{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1451.253","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.253","heading":"EXCEPTION.","body":"This subchapter does not apply to:\n(1) a plan that provides coverage:\n(A) only for a specified disease;\n(B) only for accidental death or dismemberment;\n(C) for wages or payments instead of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury; or\n(D) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;\n(2) a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501;\n(3) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);\n(4) a workers' compensation insurance policy;\n(5) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy;\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 1451.252; or\n(7) any health benefit plan that does not provide:\n(A) benefits related to pregnancy; or\n(B) well-woman care benefits.\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 F. PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS","CHAPTER 1451. ACCESS TO CERTAIN PRACTITIONERS AND FACILITIES","SUBCHAPTER F. ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL OR GYNECOLOGICAL CARE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1451.htm#1451.253","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"ad32b44aaa753906048533a7904646a434d7d4ceac3ea3b21845f01746ede656","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1451.252","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1451.254"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}