Amend HB 2813 (house committee printing) on page 1, between lines 8 and 9, by inserting the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 1370.002, Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1370.002.  EXCEPTIONS [EXCEPTION]. (a) This chapter does not apply to:

(1)  a plan that provides coverage:

(A)  only for benefits for a specified disease or for another limited benefit, other than a plan that provides benefits for cancer treatment or similar services;

(B)  only for accidental death or dismemberment;

(C)  for wages or payments in lieu of 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)  only for dental or vision care; or

(F)  only for indemnity for hospital confinement;

(2)  a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);

(3)  a workers' compensation insurance policy;

(4)  medical payment insurance coverage provided under an automobile insurance policy;

(5)  a credit insurance policy;

(6)  a limited benefit policy that does not provide coverage for physical examinations or wellness exams; or

(7)  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 Section 1370.001.