Tex. Ins. Code § 846.206 · Subchapter E. PROVISION OF COVERAGE
RENEWABILITY OF COVERAGE; CANCELLATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Section 846.207, a multiple employer welfare arrangement shall renew the health benefit plan, at the employer's option, unless:
(1) a contribution has not been paid as required by the terms of the plan;
(2) the employer has committed fraud or has intentionally misrepresented a material fact;
(3) the employer has not complied with the terms of the health benefit plan document;
(4) the health benefit plan is ceasing to offer any coverage in a geographic area; or
(5) there has been a failure to meet the terms of an applicable collective bargaining agreement or other agreement requiring or authorizing contributions to the health benefit plan, including a failure to renew the agreement or to employ employees covered by the agreement.
(b) A multiple employer welfare arrangement may refuse to renew the coverage of a participating employee or dependent for fraud or intentional misrepresentation of a material fact by that person.
(c) A multiple employer welfare arrangement may not cancel a health benefit plan except for a reason specified for refusal to renew under Subsection (a). An arrangement may not cancel the coverage of a participating employee or dependent except for a reason specified for refusal to renew under Subsection (b).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.846.htm
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