DEFINITION.
Tex. INS Code § 544.201.
in effectIn this subchapter, "health benefit plan issuer" means an insurer, a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842 , or a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843 that delivers or issues for delivery or renews any health insurance policy or contract in this state, including a group policy, contract, or certificate of health insurance or evidence of coverage.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.
