APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER

(a) This chapter applies only to a health benefit plan that provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, an individual or group evidence of coverage, or a similar coverage document, that is offered by: (1) an insurance company; (2) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842; (3) a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885; (4) a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884; (5) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843; (6) a reciprocal exchange operating under Chapter 942; (7) a Lloyd's plan operating under Chapter 941; (8) an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844; or (9) a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 846. (b) This chapter applies to a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501.