{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-75.153","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 75.153","heading":"ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS; STATEWIDE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.","body":"To be eligible for funding from money in the health opportunity pool trust fund, a regional or local health care program must:\n(1) comply with any requirement imposed under the waiver obtained under Section 526.0152, Government Code, including, to the extent applicable, any requirement that health care benefits or services provided under the program be provided in accordance with statewide eligibility criteria; and\n(2) provide health care benefits or services under the program to a person receiving premium payment assistance for health benefits coverage through a program established under Section 526.0157, Government Code, regardless of whether the person is an employee, or dependent of an employee, of a small employer.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 268 (S.B. 10), Sec. 13(a), eff. September 1, 2007.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 2.33, eff. April 1, 2025.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE C. PROGRAMS PROVIDING HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND SERVICES","CHAPTER 75. REGIONAL OR LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS FOR EMPLOYEES OF SMALL EMPLOYERS","SUBCHAPTER D. TEXAS HEALTH OPPORTUNITY POOL FUNDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.75.htm#75.153","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"5209ff52b9f53834818e7fef5b8b189234e890e1a96362144211c03bef566a32","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-75.152","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-76.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}