Bill Text: TX HB2549 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to withdrawal of participating entities with more than 1,000 employees from the uniform group coverage program for active school employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Referred to Pensions [HB2549 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2549-Introduced.html
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By: Ortega | H.B. No. 2549 |
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relating to withdrawal of participating entities with more than | ||
1,000 employees from the uniform group coverage program for active | ||
school employees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 1579.155 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1579.155. WITHDRAWAL OF PARTICIPATING ENTITY WITH MORE | ||
THAN 1,000 EMPLOYEES. (a) A participating entity that has more | ||
than 1,000 employees may withdraw from the program, notwithstanding | ||
any previous election or requirement to participate, by notifying | ||
the trustee in writing that the entity is withdrawing from the | ||
program. | ||
(b) Withdrawal from the program under this section is | ||
effective on the earliest September 1 that occurs after the | ||
earliest March 1 after the date the entity provides the notice | ||
required by Subsection (a). | ||
(c) A participating entity that withdraws from the program | ||
under this section may not resume participation in the program. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |