| 1 | 1 | | 81R2413 PMO-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Nelson S.B. No. 80 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to employer contributions under small employer health |
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| 8 | 8 | | benefit plans. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 1501.153, Insurance Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a small employer |
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| 13 | 13 | | health benefit plan issuer may offer a small employer the option of |
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| 14 | 14 | | a small employer health benefit plan for which the employer is |
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| 15 | 15 | | required to contribute 100 percent of the premium paid. A plan |
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| 16 | 16 | | offered under this subsection may be offered in addition to a plan |
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| 17 | 17 | | offered by the issuer in accordance with Subsection (a) that |
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| 18 | 18 | | requires a lower percentage of the premium paid to be contributed by |
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| 19 | 19 | | the employer. A plan issued under this subsection must require the |
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| 20 | 20 | | employer to contribute 100 percent of the premium paid for each |
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| 21 | 21 | | eligible participating employee. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a small employer health |
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| 23 | 23 | | benefit plan, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or |
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| 24 | 24 | | after January 1, 2010. A small employer health benefit plan |
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| 25 | 25 | | delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2010, |
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| 26 | 26 | | is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the |
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| 27 | 27 | | effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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| 28 | 28 | | that purpose. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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