Text of section effective on April 01, 2025
Sec. 75.153.  ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS; STATEWIDE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.  To be eligible for funding from money in the health opportunity pool trust fund, a regional or local health care program must:
(1)  comply with any requirement imposed under the waiver obtained under Section 526.0152, Government Code, including, to the extent applicable, any requirement that health care benefits or services provided under the program be provided in accordance with statewide eligibility criteria; and
(2)  provide health care benefits or services under the program to a person receiving premium payment assistance for health benefits coverage through a program established under Section 526.0157, Government Code, regardless of whether the person is an employee, or dependent of an employee, of a small employer.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 268 (S.B. 10), Sec. 13(a), eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by: 
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 2.33, eff. April 1, 2025.