§ 146.001 — DEFINITIONS.

Texas § 146.001

• Jurisdiction: Texas
• Code CP: Civil Practice and Remedies Code

Text

Sec. 146.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Health benefit plan" means a plan or arrangement under which medical or surgical expenses are paid for or reimbursed or health care services are arranged for or provided. The term includes:
(A) an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy, insurance agreement, or group hospital service contract;
(B) an evidence of coverage or group subscriber contract issued by a health maintenance organization or an approved nonprofit health corporation;
(C) a benefit plan provided by a multiple employer welfare arrangement or another analogous benefit arrangement;
(D) a workers' compensation insurance policy; or
(E) a motor vehicle insurance policy, to the extent the policy provides personal injury protection or medical payments coverage.
(2) "Health care service provider" means a person who, under a license or other grant of authority issued by this state, provides health care services the costs of which may be paid for or reimbursed under a health benefit plan.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.