Tex. Ins. Code § 1501.051 · Subchapter B. COALITIONS AND COOPERATIVES
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Board of directors" means the board of directors elected by a private purchasing cooperative or a health group cooperative.
(2) "Board of trustees" means the board of trustees of the Texas cooperative.
(3) "Cooperative" means a private purchasing cooperative or a health group cooperative established under this subchapter.
(3-a) "Eligible single-employee business" means a business entity that:
(A) is owned and operated by a sole proprietor;
(B) employed an average of fewer than two employees on business days during the preceding calendar year; and
(C) is eligible to participate in a cooperative under this subchapter in accordance with Section 1501.066.
(3-b) "Expanded service area" means any area larger than one county in which a health group cooperative offers coverage.
(4) "Texas cooperative" means the Texas Health Benefits Purchasing Cooperative established under Section 1501.052.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 11.048(a), eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1067 (S.B. 859), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
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