S.B. No. 80
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 80 passed the Senate on
April 2, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 80 passed the House on
May 25, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor