By Farabee                                            H.B. No. 2785
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to allowing community mental health and mental retardation
 1-3     authorities to participate in the small employer market for health
 1-4     insurance.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 26, Insurance Code, is
 1-7     amended by adding Article 26.037 to read as follows:
 1-8           Art. 26.037  COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION
 1-9     CENTER ELECTION. (a)  A community mental health and mental
1-10     retardation center may elect to participate in the small employer
1-11     market without regard to the number of eligible employees of the
1-12     community mental health and mental retardation center.
1-13           (b)  A community mental health and mental retardation center
1-14     that elects to participate in the small employer market under this
1-15     article is treated as a small employer under this chapter for all
1-16     purposes.