A small employer health benefit plan issuer may use the number of employees and dependents of a small employer as a case characteristic in establishing premium rates for the group. The highest rate factor associated with a classification based on the number of employees and dependents of a small employer may not exceed by more than 20 percent the lowest rate factor associated with a classification based on the number of employees and dependents of a small employer.
Tex. Ins. Code § 1501.209
PREMIUM RATES: NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
Known as the Health Insurance Portability and Availability Act
The act spans §§ 1501.001 to 1501.616 (129 sections).
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.