Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1		By: Perry S.B. No. 439
2		-	(Davis of Harris)
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5	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	5		AN ACT
7	6		relating to the application of certain insurance regulations to
8	7		certain small employer health reimbursement arrangements.
9	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	9		SECTION 1. Section 1501.003, Insurance Code, is amended to
11	10		read as follows:
12	11		Sec. 1501.003. APPLICABILITY: SMALL EMPLOYER HEALTH
13	12		BENEFIT PLANS; EXCEPTION. (a) Except as provided by Subsection
14	13		(b), an [An] individual or group health benefit plan is a small
15	14		employer health benefit plan subject to Subchapters C-H if it
16	15		provides health care benefits covering two or more employees of a
17	16		small employer and:
18	17		(1) the employer pays a portion of the premium or
19	18		benefits;
20	19		(2) the employer or a covered individual treats the
21	20		health benefit plan as part of a plan or program for purposes of
22	21		Section 106 or 162, Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section
23	22		106 or 162); or
24	23		(3) the health benefit plan is an employee welfare
25	24		benefit plan under 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-1(j).
26	25		(b) This chapter does not apply to a qualified small
27	26		employer health reimbursement arrangement as defined by 26 U.S.C.
28	27		Section 9831(d)(2).
29	28		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
30	29		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
31	30		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
32	31		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
33	32		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.