Bill Text: TX HB2985 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a pilot program to provide a health clinic for state employees.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-12 - Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services [HB2985 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2985-Introduced.html
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| By: Klick | H.B. No. 2985 | |
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| relating to a pilot program to provide a health clinic for state | ||
| employees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "retirement system" means | ||
| the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | ||
| (b) The retirement system shall establish a pilot program to | ||
| make available an outpatient clinic to provide health care services | ||
| to state employees at a selected location with a high concentration | ||
| of state employees. The retirement system shall operate the pilot | ||
| program for at least two and not more than five years. | ||
| (c) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this | ||
| Act, the board of trustees of the retirement system shall adopt | ||
| rules necessary to establish the pilot program and shall seek the | ||
| assistance of state agencies as necessary to implement the pilot | ||
| program. | ||
| (d) The retirement system shall implement the pilot program | ||
| described by Subsection (b) of this section as soon as practicable | ||
| after the effective date of this Act, but not later than January 1, | ||
| 2020. | ||
| (e) Not later than January 1, 2023, the retirement system | ||
| shall submit a report to the legislature evaluating the pilot | ||
| program and whether the pilot program achieved cost savings and | ||
| improved state employees' access to health care. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act expires January 1, 2025. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
