Tex. Ins. Code § 1508.051 · Subchapter B. EMPLOYER ELIGIBILITY; CONTRIBUTIONS
EMPLOYER ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A small employer may participate in the program if:
(1) during the 12-month period immediately preceding the date of application for a qualifying health benefit plan, the small employer does not offer employees group health benefits on an expense-reimbursed or prepaid basis; and
(2) at least 30 percent of the small employer's eligible employees receive annual wages from the employer in an amount that is equal to or less than 300 percent of the poverty guidelines for an individual, as defined and updated annually by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
(b) A small employer ceases to be eligible to participate in the program if any health benefit plan that provides employee benefits on an expense-reimbursed or prepaid basis, other than another qualifying health benefit plan, is purchased or otherwise takes effect after the purchase of a qualifying health benefit plan.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 721 (S.B. 78), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1508.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
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Ins. Code § 1508.051. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 1508.052COMMISSIONER ADJUSTMENTS AUTHORIZED.Printed as Section 1508.051(a)(1) | Section 1508.051(a)(2)
- Tex. Ins. Code § 1508.053MINIMUM EMPLOYER PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.Printed as Section 1508.051(a)
- Tex. Ins. Code § 1508.054EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS.Printed as Section 1508.051(a)(2) or 1508.052(b)
- Tex. Ins. Code § 1508.151EMPLOYER CERTIFICATION.Printed as Section 1508.051
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