Section 101.055 - Exception; Certain Entities That Reimburse Medical Expenses(a) Section 101.051(b)(7) does not apply to:(1) a program otherwise authorized by law that is established: (A) by a political subdivision of this state;(B) by a state agency; or(C) under Chapter 791, Government Code; or(2) a multiple employer welfare arrangement that is fully insured as defined by 29 U.S.C. Section 1144(b)(6).(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), the commissioner may apply a law regulating the business of insurance to a multiple employer welfare arrangement described by that subdivision to the extent that the law provides:(1) standards requiring the maintenance of specified levels of contributions that the plan, or a trust established under the plan, must meet to be considered able to pay benefits in full when due; and(2) provisions to enforce the standards described by Subdivision (1).Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 101, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.