# 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.3701: 28 TAC § 3.3701. Applicability and Scope, DIVISION 1. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS > Texas · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T28_P1_C3_S3_3701 ## Section - **Citation:** 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.3701 - **Heading:** 28 TAC § 3.3701. Applicability and Scope, DIVISION 1. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS - **Jurisdiction:** Texas - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Texas Administrative Code / Title 28 INSURANCE / Part 1 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE / Chapter 3 LIFE, ACCIDENT, AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES / 28 TAC § 3.3701 ## Text (a) Except as otherwise specified in this subchapter, this subchapter applies to any preferred provider benefit plan or exclusive provider benefit plan as specified in this subsection. (1) This subchapter applies to any preferred or exclusive provider benefit plan policy that is offered, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after 150 days from the effective date of this section. Any preferred or exclusive provider benefit plan policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed prior to this applicability date is subject to the statutes and provisions of this subchapter in effect at the time the policy was delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed. (2) This subchapter does not apply to: (A) provisions for dental care benefits in any health insurance policy; or (B) an exclusive provider benefit plan regulated under Subchapter KK of this chapter (relating to Exclusive Provider Benefit Plan) written by an insurer pursuant to a contract with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to provide services under the Texas Children's Health Insurance Program, Medicaid, or with the Statewide Rural Health Care System. (b) This subchapter is not an interpretation of and has no application to any law requiring licensure to act as a principal or agent in the insurance or related businesses including, but not limited to, health maintenance organizations. (c) The provisions of this subchapter are subject to Insurance Code Chapter 1301; Insurance Code §§1353.001, 1353.002, 1451.001, 1451.053, and 1451.054; and Insurance Code Chapter 1451, Subchapter C, as they relate to insurers and the practitioners named therein. (d) These sections do not create a private cause of action for damages or create a standard of care, obligation, or duty that provides a basis for a private cause of action. These sections do not abrogate a statutory or common law cause of action, administrative remedy, or defense otherwise available. (e) If a court of competent jurisdiction holds that any provision of this subchapter or its application to any person or circumstance is invalid for any reason, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this subchapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this subchapter are severable. (f) A provision of this title applicable to a preferred provider benefit plan is applicable to an exclusive provider benefit plan unless specified otherwise. ## Nearby sections - [28 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.3701 28 TAC § 3.3701. Applicability and Scope, DIVISION 1. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T28_P1_C3_S3_3701.md) - [28 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.3702 28 TAC § 3.3702. Definitions, DIVISION 1. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T28_P1_C3_S3_3702.md) - [28 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.3703 28 TAC § 3.3703. 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