By: Bucy H.B. No. 5280
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to Regional or Local Health Care Programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 2, Subtitle C, Chapter 75, Health and
Safety Code, is amended by to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 75.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Employee" means an individual employed by an
employer. The term includes a partner of a partnership and the
proprietor of a sole proprietorship.
(2) "Governing body" means:
(A) the commissioners courts of the counties
participating in a regional health care program;
(B) the commissioners court of a county
participating in a local health care program; or
(C) the governing body of the joint council,
nonprofit entity exempt from federal taxation, or other entity that
operates a regional or local health care program or three - share
premium assistance programs including, but not limited to,
TexHealth Central Texas.
(3) "Local health care program" means a local health
care program operating in one county and established for the
benefit of the employees of small employers under Subchapter B.
(4) "Regional health care program" means a regional
health care program operating in two or more counties and
established for the benefit of the employees of small employers
under Subchapter B.
(5) "Small employer" means a person who employed an
average of at least two employees but not more than 50 employees on
business days during the preceding calendar year and who employs at
least two employees on the first day of the plan year.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.