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
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 1501.052. Texas Health Benefits Purchasing Cooperative; Board of Trustees
Section 1501.054. Regional Subdivisions of Texas Health Benefits Purchasing Cooperative
Section 1501.056. Private Purchasing Cooperatives and Health Group Cooperatives
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 1501.062. 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