{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1508.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1508.002","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Dependent\" has the meaning assigned by Section 1501.002(2).\n(2) \"Eligible employee\" has the meaning assigned by Section 1501.002(3).\n(3) \"Fund\" means the healthy Texas small employer premium stabilization fund established under Subchapter F.\n(4) \"Health benefit plan\" and \"health benefit plan issuer\" have the meanings assigned by Sections 1501.002(5) and 1501.002(6), respectively.\n(5) \"Program\" means the Healthy Texas Program established under this chapter.\n(6) \"Qualifying health benefit plan\" means a health benefit plan that provides benefits for health care services in the manner described by this chapter.\n(7) \"Small employer\" has the meaning assigned by Section 1501.002(14).\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 721 (S.B. 78), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["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 A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1508.htm#1508.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"7fa9109a487545bf6d3241d6b6a15eb44494561d35d077dee3deb492154a5db9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1508.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1508.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}