Tex. Insurance Code § 1252.003
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 1252.003, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 1252.003. COVERAGE ISSUED ON GROUP-TYPE BASIS.
Official statutory text
(a) For purposes of this chapter, health benefit plan coverage is provided on a group-type basis if:
(1) the plan provides coverage under an insurance policy or subscriber contract to a class of employees or a class of members of a labor union or members of an association and the class is determined by conditions relating to their employment or to their membership in the union or association;
(2) coverage under the plan is not available to the general public and can be obtained and maintained only because of the covered individual's employment status or membership in a labor union or an association;
(3) premiums or subscription charges for the plan are paid to the carrier on an aggregate or bulk-payment basis; and
(4) the plan is sponsored by:
(A) the employer of the class of employees covered by the plan; or
(B) the labor union or an association to which the class of members covered by the plan belongs.
(b) Health benefit plan coverage is not provided on a group-type basis if it is a salary-budget plan using individual insurance policies or subscriber contracts that do not meet the conditions for group-type coverage specified by Subsection (a).
(1) the plan provides coverage under an insurance policy or subscriber contract to a class of employees or a class of members of a labor union or members of an association and the class is determined by conditions relating to their employment or to their membership in the union or association;
(2) coverage under the plan is not available to the general public and can be obtained and maintained only because of the covered individual's employment status or membership in a labor union or an association;
(3) premiums or subscription charges for the plan are paid to the carrier on an aggregate or bulk-payment basis; and
(4) the plan is sponsored by:
(A) the employer of the class of employees covered by the plan; or
(B) the labor union or an association to which the class of members covered by the plan belongs.
(b) Health benefit plan coverage is not provided on a group-type basis if it is a salary-budget plan using individual insurance policies or subscriber contracts that do not meet the conditions for group-type coverage specified by Subsection (a).
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