Bill Text: TX HB2022 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to enrollment of certain retirees in the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB2022 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2022-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2022 |
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relating to enrollment of certain retirees in the Texas Public | ||
School Employees Group Insurance Program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1575.161, Insurance Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows: | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the trustee by rule | ||
shall provide one opportunity to reenroll in a health benefit plan | ||
offered under the group program for an otherwise eligible retiree: | ||
(1) who is eligible to enroll in Medicare; | ||
(2) whose initial enrollment was voluntarily | ||
terminated on or after January 1, 2017, and on or before December | ||
31, 2019; and | ||
(3) who opts to reenroll on or before December 31, | ||
2023. | ||
(c) Subsection (b) and this subsection expire September 1, | ||
2024. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2021, the Teacher | ||
Retirement System of Texas shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
Section 1575.161(b), Insurance Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2022 was passed by the House on May | ||
14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 18, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2022 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |