Texas Statutes
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 1501.003. Applicability: Small Employer Health Benefit Plans

Sec. 1501.003. APPLICABILITY: SMALL EMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS. An individual or group health benefit plan is a small employer health benefit plan subject to Subchapters C-H if it provides health care benefits covering two or more employees of a small employer and:
(1) the employer pays a portion of the premium or benefits;
(2) the employer or a covered individual treats the health benefit plan as part of a plan or program for purposes of Section 106 or 162, Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 106 or 162); or
(3) the health benefit plan is an employee welfare benefit plan under 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-1(j).
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 199 (S.B. 1332), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.

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