{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-546.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 546.002","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.","body":"This chapter applies only to a health benefit plan that:\n(1) provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including:\n(A) an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or group evidence of coverage that is offered by:\n(i) an insurance company;\n(ii) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842;\n(iii) a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885;\n(iv) a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884; or\n(v) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843; and\n(B) to the extent permitted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.), a health benefit plan that is offered by:\n(i) a multiple employer welfare arrangement as defined by Section 3 of that Act;\n(ii) another entity not authorized under this code or another insurance law of this state that directly contracts for health care services on a risk-sharing basis, including a capitation basis; or\n(iii) another analogous benefit arrangement; or\n(2) is offered by an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 670 (S.B. 53), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS","SUBTITLE C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES","CHAPTER 546. USE OF GENETIC TESTING INFORMATION","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.546.htm#546.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"3b3b81653e463f9b681efacc73e54da73d943a8b42ed4c2c87b96885b90b234a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-546.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-546.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}