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Tex. Insurance Code § 1508.054: EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS.
Where this section sits in the code
- INSURANCE CODE
- TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES
- SUBTITLE G. HEALTH COVERAGE AVAILABILITY Text of chapter effective on September 1, 2009, but only if a specific appropriation is provided as described by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 721, Sec. 2.04, which states: This Act does not make an appropriation. This Act takes effect only if a specific appropriation for the implementation of the Act is provided in a general appropriations act of the 81st Legislature.
- CHAPTER 1508. HEALTHY TEXAS PROGRAM
- SUBCHAPTER B. EMPLOYER ELIGIBILITY; CONTRIBUTIONS
(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.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 721 (S.B. 78), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2009.
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