Tex. Ins. Code § 1501.204 · Subchapter E. UNDERWRITING AND RATING OF SMALL EMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS
INDEX RATES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Under a small employer health benefit plan:
(1) the index rate for a class of business may not exceed the index rate for any other class of business by more than 20 percent; and
(2) premium rates charged during a rating period to small employers in a class of business with similar case characteristics for the same or similar coverage, or premium rates that could be charged to those employers under the rating system for that class of business, may not vary from the index rate by more than 25 percent.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1501.htm
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