Texas Statutes
Subchapter B. Coalitions and Cooperatives
Section 1501.052. Texas Health Benefits Purchasing Cooperative; Board of Trustees

Sec. 1501.052. TEXAS HEALTH BENEFITS PURCHASING COOPERATIVE; BOARD OF TRUSTEES. (a) The Texas Health Benefits Purchasing Cooperative is a nonprofit corporation established to make health care coverage available to small and large employers and their eligible employees and the eligible employees' dependents.
(b) The Texas cooperative is administered by a board of trustees of five members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Two members must represent employers, two members must represent employees, and one member must represent the public.
(c) Members of the board of trustees serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of one or two members expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year.
(d) A member of the board of trustees may not be compensated for serving on the board but is entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in performing functions as a member of the board as provided by the General Appropriations Act.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 11.049(a), eff. September 1, 2005.

Structure Texas Statutes

Texas Statutes

Insurance Code

Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages

Subtitle G - Health Coverage Availability

Chapter 1501 - Health Insurance Portability and Availability Act

Subchapter B. Coalitions and Cooperatives

Section 1501.051. Definitions

Section 1501.052. Texas Health Benefits Purchasing Cooperative; Board of Trustees

Section 1501.053. Texas Health Benefits Purchasing Cooperative: Executive Director and Other Employees

Section 1501.054. Regional Subdivisions of Texas Health Benefits Purchasing Cooperative

Section 1501.055. Applicability of Public Information Law to Texas Health Benefits Purchasing Cooperative

Section 1501.056. Private Purchasing Cooperatives and Health Group Cooperatives

Section 1501.057. Immunity

Section 1501.0575. Voluntary Participation by Issuer in Cooperative

Section 1501.058. Powers and Duties of Cooperatives

Section 1501.0581. Special Provisions Relating to Health Group Cooperatives

Section 1501.0582. Health Group Cooperative: Expedited Approval Process

Section 1501.059. Self-Insured or Self-Funded Plan Prohibited

Section 1501.060. Scope of Group Coverage

Section 1501.061. Requirements Applicable to Health Benefit Plan Issuers With Which Cooperative May Contract

Section 1501.062. Cooperative Not Insurer; Agents and Administrators

Section 1501.063. Status as Employer

Section 1501.064. Certain Use of Appropriated Money Prohibited

Section 1501.065. Certain Actions Based on Risk Characteristics or Health Status Prohibited

Section 1501.066. Election to Treat Participating Employers Separately for Rating Purposes

Section 1501.067. Eligible Single-Employee Business