Sec. 846.201.  BENEFITS ALLOWED.  (a)  A multiple employer welfare arrangement may only provide one or more of the following:
(1)  medical, dental, vision, surgical, or hospital care;
(2)  benefits in the event of sickness, accident, disability, or death;
(3)  another benefit authorized to be provided by health insurers in this state;  and
(4)  prepaid legal services.
(b)  Except as otherwise limited by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.), a multiple employer welfare arrangement may only provide benefits to:
(1)  active or retired owners, officers, directors, or employees of or partners in participating employers;  and
(2)  the beneficiaries of a person described by Subdivision (1).
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.