Texas Insurance Code

§ 847.003 — DEFINITIONS

IN § 847.003Title 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Part C. LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Ch. 847. HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE

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In this chapter:

(1)"Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.

(2)"Health benefit plan" means an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy, a certificate issued under a group policy, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or group subscriber contract or evidence of coverage issued by a health maintenance organization that provides benefits for health care services. The term does not include:

(A)accident-only or disability income insurance coverage or a combination of accident-only and disability income insurance coverage;

(B)credit-only insurance coverage;

(C)disability insurance coverage;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 789 (S.B. 155), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.