{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1501.310","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.310","heading":"ELECTION OF STATUS.","body":"(a) Each small employer health benefit plan issuer shall notify the commissioner of the issuer's election to operate as a risk-assuming health benefit plan issuer or as a reinsured health benefit plan issuer. An issuer that elects to operate as a risk-assuming health benefit plan issuer shall file an application in accordance with Section 1501.312.\n(b) A small employer health benefit plan issuer's election under this section is effective until the fifth anniversary of the date of the election.\n(c) The commissioner may permit a small employer health benefit plan issuer to modify its election at any time for good cause shown.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE G. HEALTH COVERAGE AVAILABILITY","CHAPTER 1501. HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND AVAILABILITY ACT","SUBCHAPTER G. REINSURANCE FOR SMALL EMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1501.htm#1501.310","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"56689dd10686e2161ab4a185c5d5bfddfb758cb4ebfda680f90e4f70de25845a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1501.309","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1501.311"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}