{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-546.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 546.003","heading":"EXCEPTIONS.","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 liability insurance;\n(2) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);\n(3) workers' compensation insurance coverage;\n(4) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or\n(5) a long-term care 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 546.002.\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. 2, 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#546.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"93b5552a3ac87ec5c1ca5fec006c61e18aefd317f401b5bbec5f6eaabbf4f879","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-546.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-546.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}