(1) Any nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the state of Colorado for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and operating a nonprofit plan, whereby prepaid hospital care, medical-surgical care, and other health services are made available to persons who become subscribers to such plan under a contract with the corporation, or for the purpose of providing long-term care insurance to persons pursuant to a contract with the corporation shall be subject to and governed by the provisions of part 1 of this article and this part 3 and, except as provided in this article and elsewhere in this title, shall not be subject to the laws of this state relating to insurance or insurance companies. The provisions of section 10-3-128; articles 1 and 2 of this title; and parts 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, and 12 of article 3 of this title, to the extent applicable, shall govern corporations organized pursuant to the provisions of this part 3.
(2) The provisions of this part 3 shall not apply to any employer's health plan or services established and maintained solely for its employees and their immediate families, nor to any labor organization's health plan or services established and maintained solely for its members and their immediate families, which plans or services are self-insured, nor to any such health plan or services established, maintained, and insured jointly by any employer and any labor organization.