{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1503.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1503.002","heading":"EXCEPTION.","body":"This chapter 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 in lieu 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), as amended;\n(4) a workers' compensation insurance policy;\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 1503.001.\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 G. HEALTH COVERAGE AVAILABILITY","CHAPTER 1503. COVERAGE OF CERTAIN STUDENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1503.htm#1503.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"1fecccaedad5ede6b54853bad8a7a40ee974b15546d0da01d8c35bee89b3fd77","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1503.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1503.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}