{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-846.253","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 846.253","heading":"PROHIBITION ON EXCLUSION OF ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE OR DEPENDENT.","body":"A multiple employer welfare arrangement may not exclude an employee who meets the participation criteria or an eligible dependent, including a late-participating employee or dependent, who would otherwise be covered.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES","SUBTITLE C. LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES","CHAPTER 846. MULTIPLE EMPLOYER WELFARE ARRANGEMENTS","SUBCHAPTER F. PARTICIPATION IN COVERAGE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.846.htm#846.253","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"f275a685da1798a67b918c5d6bbe48df953fc19275a34873e55948a98824505b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-846.252","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-846.254"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}