{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1579.151","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1579.151","heading":"REQUIRED PARTICIPATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH 500 OR FEWER EMPLOYEES.","body":"(a) Each school district with 500 or fewer employees and each regional education service center is required to participate in the program.\n(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a school district otherwise subject to Subsection (a) that, on January 1, 2001, was individually self-funded for the provision of health coverage to its employees may elect not to participate in the program.\n(c) An educational district described by Section 1579.002(5)(B) that, on January 1, 2001, had 500 or fewer employees may elect not to participate in the program.\n(d) Expired.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.471(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE H. HEALTH BENEFITS AND OTHER COVERAGES FOR GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 1579. TEXAS SCHOOL EMPLOYEES UNIFORM GROUP HEALTH COVERAGE","SUBCHAPTER D. PARTICIPATING ENTITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1579.htm#1579.151","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"31700ff7e454effc3d7b39dd9c96d0c2399d94fd409a3a434b8c069b7a596c65","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1579.112","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1579.152"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}