Bill Text: TX HB3291 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to education employees uniform group health coverage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-28 - Referred to Pensions [HB3291 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3291-Introduced.html
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By: Gooden | H.B. No. 3291 |
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relating to education employees uniform group health coverage. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1579.101, Insurance Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The trustee shall offer a coverage plan that is at least | ||
as comprehensive as the plan designated as TRS ActiveCare 2 offered | ||
on January 1, 2017. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 1579.2515 and 1579.256 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 1579.2515. ADDITIONAL STATE ASSISTANCE. In addition | ||
to the amount contributed under Section 1579.251, the state shall | ||
assist employees of participating school districts, charter | ||
schools, regional education service centers, and educational | ||
districts described by Section 1579.002(5)(B) in the purchase of | ||
group health coverage under this chapter by providing for each | ||
covered employee: | ||
(1) for the 2017-2018 plan year, an amount not less | ||
than $900; | ||
(2) for the 2018-2019 plan year, an amount not less | ||
than $1,800; and | ||
(3) for the 2019-2020 plan year and each plan year | ||
thereafter, an amount not less than the lesser of: | ||
(A) the amount paid for each covered employee in | ||
the previous plan year plus $900; or | ||
(B) the amount that, when added to the minimum | ||
required contribution under Section 1579.251 by a participating | ||
entity, equals 70 percent of total contributions made for | ||
employee-only coverage under the plan described by Section | ||
1579.101(e). | ||
Sec. 1579.256. BIENNIAL ESTIMATE. Not later than December | ||
1 of each even-numbered year, the trustee shall submit to the | ||
Legislative Budget Board an estimate of the amount of contributions | ||
expected to be received for the coverage plan designated as TRS | ||
ActiveCare 2 for the next two fiscal years. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
plan year. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |