{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1508.103","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1508.103","heading":"EXCEPTION FROM MANDATED BENEFIT REQUIREMENTS.","body":"Except as expressly provided by this chapter, a small employer health benefit plan issued under the program is not subject to a law of this state that requires coverage or the offer of coverage of a health care service or benefit.\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#1508.103","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"06316607635811e38b118aa1f58f2e3d39234e1200f31151071d8de8042cc7cf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1508.102","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1508.104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}