Tex. Ins. Code § 1508.054 · Subchapter B. EMPLOYER ELIGIBILITY; CONTRIBUTIONS
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A small employer that purchases a qualifying health benefit plan must:
(1) pay 50 percent or more of the premium for each employee covered under the qualifying health benefit plan;
(2) offer coverage to all eligible employees receiving annual wages from the employer in an amount described by Section 1508.051(a)(2) or 1508.052(b), as applicable; and
(3) contribute the same percentage of premium for each covered employee.
(b) A small employer that purchases a qualifying health benefit plan under the program may elect to pay, but is not required to pay, all or any portion of the premium paid for dependent coverage under the 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.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1508.htm
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