{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1508.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1508.101","heading":"PARTICIPATING PLAN ISSUERS.","body":"(a) Subject to Subsection (b), any health benefit plan issuer may participate in the program.\n(b) The commissioner by rule may limit which health benefit plan issuers may participate in the program if the commissioner determines that the limitation is necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter.\n(c) If the commissioner limits participation in the program under Subsection (b), the commissioner shall contract on a competitive procurement basis with one or more health benefit plan issuers to provide qualifying health benefit plan coverage under the program.\n(d) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a regional or local health care program described by Chapter 75, Health and Safety Code, from participating in the program. The commissioner by rule shall establish participation requirements applicable to regional and local health care programs that consider the unique plan designs, benefit levels, and participation criteria of each program.\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 C. PROGRAM PARTICIPATION; REQUIRED COVERAGE AND BENEFITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1508.htm#1508.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"d1d0f97f10bebe1a6834b2659f17446d2e1f3f4ccdd0d66ef90dd72bd81484e0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1508.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1508.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}