Texas Insurance Code

§ 544.101 — DEFINITIONS

IN § 544.101Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 544. PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION · Art. C. ENGLISH FLUENCY

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In this subchapter:

(1)"Health benefit plan issuer" means an insurance company, association, organization, group hospital service corporation, or health maintenance organization that delivers or issues for delivery an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an evidence of coverage that provides health insurance or health care benefits. The term includes:

(A)a life, health, and accident insurance company operating under Chapter 841 or 982;

(B)a general casualty insurance company operating under Chapter 861;

(C)a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885;

(D)a mutual life insurance company operating under Chapter 882;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.