Tex. Ins. Code § 1501.212 · Subchapter E. UNDERWRITING AND RATING OF SMALL EMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS
RESTRICTED PROVIDER NETWORK.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A small employer health benefit plan may use a restricted provider network to provide benefits under the plan.
(b) A small employer health benefit plan that uses a restricted provider network does not provide similar coverage to a plan that does not use a restricted provider network if the use of the network results in reduced premium rates charged to the small employer or substantial differences in claim costs.
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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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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