"Health plan"

Sec. 5. (a) As used in this chapter, "health plan" means a plan through which coverage is provided for health care services through insurance, prepayment, reimbursement, or otherwise. The term includes the following: (1) An employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in 29 U.S.C. 1002 et seq.). (2) A policy of accident and sickness insurance (as defined in IC 27-8-5-1). (3) An individual contract (as defined in IC 27-13-1-21) or a group contract (as defined in IC 27-13-1-16). (b) The term does not include the following: (1) Accident-only, credit, Medicare supplement, long term care, or disability income insurance. (2) Coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance. (3) Worker's compensation or similar insurance. (4) Automobile medical payment insurance. (5) A specified disease policy issued as an individual policy. (6) A short term insurance plan that: (A) may be renewed for the greater of: (i) thirty-six (36) months; or (ii) the maximum period permitted under federal law; (B) has a term of not more than three hundred sixty-four (364) days; and (C) has an annual limit of at least two million dollars ($2,000,000). (7) A policy that provides a stipulated daily, weekly, or monthly payment to an insured during hospital confinement, without regard to the actual expense of the confinement.