This subchapter applies only to a health benefit plan or vision benefit plan that provides or arranges for benefits for vision or medical eye care services, procedures, or products, including an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, an evidence of coverage, or a vision benefit plan offered by:
(1) an insurance company; (2) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842; (3) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843; (4) a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884; (5) a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885; (6) a Lloyd's plan operating under Chapter 941; (7) an exchange operating under Chapter 942; or (8) a person or entity that provides a vision benefit plan. Tex. Ins. Code § 1203.102
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 15,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023, app. applies only to a health benefit plan or vision benefit plan that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024..