This subchapter does not apply to:
(1) a health benefit plan that provides coverage:
(A) only for a specified disease or for another single
benefit;
(B) only for accidental death or dismemberment;
(C) only for wages or payments to replace wages for
a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness
or injury;
(D) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;
(E) for credit insurance;
(F) only for dental or vision care;
(G) only for hospital expenses; or
(H) only for indemnity for hospital confinement;
(2) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by §1882,
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §1395ss);
(3) medical payment insurance coverage provided under
a motor vehicle insurance policy;
(4) a long-term care insurance policy, including a
nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner determines
that the policy provides benefit coverage so comprehensive that the
policy is a health benefit plan as described by §1217.002 or §1369.252;
or
(5) a workers' compensation insurance policy.
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