Bill Text: TX HB2127 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain employees of public institutions of higher education to participate in a state group benefits program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB2127 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2127-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2127 |
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relating to the eligibility of certain employees of public | ||
institutions of higher education to participate in a state group | ||
benefits program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1551.1021, Insurance Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) An adjunct faculty member at a public institution of | ||
higher education is eligible to participate in the group benefits | ||
program as an employee if the faculty member: | ||
(1) receives compensation for services rendered to a | ||
public institution of higher education as an adjunct faculty | ||
member; | ||
(2) was [ |
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same public institution of higher education and [ |
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least one course in the [ |
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the public institution of higher education in [ |
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preceding [ |
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(3) is under contract or is scheduled to teach at least | ||
12 semester credit hours in the academic year of coverage or, if the | ||
person is also employed by the public institution of higher | ||
education to perform nonteaching duties, is under contract or is | ||
scheduled to teach at least six semester credit hours in the | ||
academic year of coverage and has been approved by the public | ||
institution of higher education to participate in the group | ||
benefits program. | ||
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(3), an adjunct faculty | ||
member at a public institution of higher education who is a | ||
professional librarian is eligible to participate in the group | ||
benefits program as an employee if the faculty member receives | ||
compensation for services rendered to a public institution of | ||
higher education as an adjunct faculty member. | ||
SECTION 2. The board of trustees of the Employees | ||
Retirement System of Texas shall include coverage under Section | ||
1551.1021, Insurance Code, as amended by this Act, in an insurance | ||
policy or contract or evidence of coverage delivered, issued for | ||
delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2014. The board of | ||
trustees may include coverage under Section 1551.1021, Insurance | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, in an insurance policy or contract or | ||
an evidence of coverage delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed | ||
before January 1, 2014, if the board of trustees determines that the | ||
coverage may reasonably be included. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2127 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 116, Nays 12, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2127 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 7. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |