Tex. Insurance Code § 1273.051
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 1273.051, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 1273.051. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter:
(1) "Employee" means an individual employed by an employer.
(2) "Health benefit plan" has the meaning assigned by Section 1501.002.
(3) "Non-network plan" means health benefit coverage that provides an enrollee an opportunity to obtain health care services through a health delivery system other than a health maintenance organization delivery network, as defined by Section 843.002.
(4) "Point-of-service plan" means an arrangement under which an enrollee chooses to obtain benefits or services through:
(A) a health maintenance organization delivery network, including a limited provider network; or
(B) a non-network delivery system outside the health maintenance organization delivery network, including a limited provider network, that is administered under an indemnity benefit arrangement for the cost of health care services.
(5) "Preferred provider benefit plan" means an insurance policy issued under Chapter 1301.
(6) "Small employer health benefit plan" has the meaning assigned by Section 1501.002.
(1) "Employee" means an individual employed by an employer.
(2) "Health benefit plan" has the meaning assigned by Section 1501.002.
(3) "Non-network plan" means health benefit coverage that provides an enrollee an opportunity to obtain health care services through a health delivery system other than a health maintenance organization delivery network, as defined by Section 843.002.
(4) "Point-of-service plan" means an arrangement under which an enrollee chooses to obtain benefits or services through:
(A) a health maintenance organization delivery network, including a limited provider network; or
(B) a non-network delivery system outside the health maintenance organization delivery network, including a limited provider network, that is administered under an indemnity benefit arrangement for the cost of health care services.
(5) "Preferred provider benefit plan" means an insurance policy issued under Chapter 1301.
(6) "Small employer health benefit plan" has the meaning assigned by Section 1501.002.
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