| (a) Plans subject to this subchapter. This subchapter
applies to all health benefit plans subject to Insurance Code Chapter
1355, Subchapter F, concerning Coverage for Mental Health Conditions
and Substance Use Disorders. Health benefit plans subject to Insurance
Code Chapter 1355, Subchapter F, are plans that provide benefits or
coverage for treatment expenses incurred as a result of a mental health
condition or offer mental health or substance use disorder benefits,
whether as mandatory coverage under Insurance Code Chapter 1355, concerning
Benefits for Certain Mental Disorders, or under another Insurance
Code chapter, or as optional coverage (for instance, in an individual
short-term limited duration plan).
(b) Excepted plans. This subchapter does not apply
to a plan that is excepted from:
(1) Insurance Code Chapter 1355, Subchapter F, as identified
in Insurance Code §1355.253, concerning Exceptions; or
(2) Insurance Code Chapter 1425, concerning Application
of Subtitle to Certain Coverage, as identified in Insurance Code §1425.001,
concerning Exemption from Application of Subtitle.
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