Bill Text: TX HB2155 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to eligibility of certain dependents for coverage under the state employee group benefits program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2155 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2155-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility of certain dependents for coverage under the state employee group benefits program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2155 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2155-Engrossed.html
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By: Callegari | H.B. No. 2155 |
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relating to eligibility of certain dependents for coverage under | ||
the state employee group benefits program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1551.004(a), Insurance Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) In this chapter, "dependent" with respect to an | ||
individual eligible to participate in the group benefits program | ||
means the individual's: | ||
(1) spouse; | ||
(2) unmarried child younger than 26 years of age; | ||
(3) child of any age who the board of trustees | ||
determines lives with or has the child's care provided by the | ||
individual on a regular basis if[ |
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incapacitated to the extent that the child is dependent on the | ||
individual for care or support, as determined by the board of | ||
trustees; | ||
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(4) child of any age who is unmarried, for purposes of | ||
health benefit coverage under this chapter, on expiration of the | ||
child's continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus | ||
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (Pub. L. No. 99-272) and its | ||
subsequent amendments; and | ||
(5) ward, as that term is defined by Section 601, Texas | ||
Probate Code, who is 26 years of age or younger. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |