Tex. Ins. Code § 846.0035 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS TO ASSOCIATION PROVIDING HEALTH BENEFITS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a multiple employer welfare arrangement:
(1) that was issued an initial certificate of authority under Section 846.054 on or after January 1, 2024; or
(2) that elects to be bound by this section in the manner prescribed by the commissioner.
(b) A multiple employer welfare arrangement that provides a comprehensive health benefit plan, as determined by the commissioner, is subject to the following laws as if the arrangement were an insurer, individuals entitled to coverage under the plan were insureds, and the health benefits were provided through an insurance policy:
(1) Chapter 421;
(2) Chapter 422;
(3) Subchapters C, F, and K, Chapter 1451; and
(4) Chapter 4201.
(c) A multiple employer welfare arrangement that provides a comprehensive health benefit plan, as determined by the commissioner, that is determined by the commissioner to be structured in the manner of a preferred provider benefit plan or an exclusive provider benefit plan as defined in Section 1301.001 is subject to the following laws as if the arrangement were an insurer, individuals entitled to coverage under the plan were insureds, and the health benefits were provided through an insurance policy:
(1) Chapter 1301; and
(2) Chapter 1467.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 117 (H.B. 290), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
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Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code ch. 421RESERVES IN GENERALPrinted as Chapter 421
- Tex. Ins. Code ch. 422ASSET PROTECTION ACTPrinted as Chapter 422
- Tex. Ins. Code § 846.054ISSUANCE OF INITIAL CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.Printed as Section 846.054
- Tex. Ins. Code ch. 1301PREFERRED PROVIDER BENEFIT PLANSPrinted as Chapter 1301
- Tex. Ins. Code § 1301.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 1301.001
- Tex. Ins. Code ch. 1451ACCESS TO CERTAIN PRACTITIONERS AND FACILITIESPrinted as Chapter 1451
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