{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-101.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 101.055","heading":"EXCEPTION; CERTAIN ENTITIES THAT REIMBURSE MEDICAL EXPENSES.","body":"(a) Section 101.051(b)(7) does not apply to:\n(1) a program otherwise authorized by law that is established:\n(A) by a political subdivision of this state;\n(B) by a state agency; or\n(C) under Chapter 791, Government Code; or\n(2) a multiple employer welfare arrangement that is fully insured as defined by 29 U.S.C. Section 1144(b)(6).\n(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), the commissioner may apply a law regulating the business of insurance to a multiple employer welfare arrangement described by that subdivision to the extent that the law provides:\n(1) standards requiring the maintenance of specified levels of contributions that the plan, or a trust established under the plan, must meet to be considered able to pay benefits in full when due; and\n(2) provisions to enforce the standards described by Subdivision (1).\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 101, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 2. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE","SUBTITLE B. DISCIPLINE AND ENFORCEMENT","CHAPTER 101. UNAUTHORIZED INSURANCE","SUBCHAPTER B. BUSINESS OF INSURANCE; EXCEPTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.101.htm#101.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"b474f78ef802824aa274bcab71f5e9b47588054fa8efa805ed7c860beaa396dc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-101.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-101.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}