81R2413 PMO-F
By: Nelson S.B. No. 80
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to employer contributions under small employer health
benefit plans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1501.153, Insurance Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a small employer
health benefit plan issuer may offer a small employer the option of
a small employer health benefit plan for which the employer is
required to contribute 100 percent of the premium paid. A plan
offered under this subsection may be offered in addition to a plan
offered by the issuer in accordance with Subsection (a) that
requires a lower percentage of the premium paid to be contributed by
the employer. A plan issued under this subsection must require the
employer to contribute 100 percent of the premium paid for each
eligible participating employee.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a small employer health
benefit plan, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or
after January 1, 2010. A small employer health benefit plan
delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2010,
is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.