{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1454.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1454.002","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.","body":"This chapter applies only to a health benefit plan that provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or group evidence of coverage or similar 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;\n(8) an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844; or\n(9) a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501.\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 1454. EQUAL HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1454.htm#1454.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"41327c4a6b19aaf6ced47faa1c8d5cf1988fd77f9f0bb44f7cd76e5632d01aaf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1454.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1454.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}