{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1501.605","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.605","heading":"MINIMUM CONTRIBUTION OR PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.","body":"(a) A large employer health benefit plan issuer may require a large employer to meet a minimum contribution or participation requirement as a condition of issuance or renewal in accordance with the issuer's usual and customary practices for all the issuer's employer health benefit plans in this state.\n(b) A participation requirement may determine the percentage of eligible employees who meet the participation criteria and who must be enrolled in the health benefit plan.\n(c) A large employer health benefit plan issuer may apply a participation requirement to a large employer's eligible employees, but may not apply the requirement to eligible dependents of those employees.\n(d) A participation requirement must be stated in the health benefit plan contract and must be applied uniformly to each large employer offered or issued coverage by a large employer health benefit plan issuer in this state.\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 M. LARGE EMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1501.htm#1501.605","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"25e7f531c354cd2d491e98d2c3e227c6cb74351834d5beb0c71fcf445d43dee9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1501.604","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1501.606"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}