Texas Insurance Code

§ 842.001 — DEFINITIONS

IN § 842.001Title 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Part C. LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Ch. 842. GROUP HOSPITAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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In this chapter:

(1)"Group hospital service corporation" means a corporation organized under this chapter to establish and operate a nonprofit hospital service plan, under which hospital care may be provided by the corporation through one or more hospitals and sanitariums with which the corporation has contracted for the provision of that care.

(2)"Health care provider" means a person, association, partnership, corporation, or other entity that provides a service or supplies to prevent, alleviate, cure, or heal human illness or injury.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.