Bill Text: TX HB3307 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Employees Retirement System of Texas to make available a TRICARE Military Health System supplemental plan.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB3307 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3307-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3307 | ||
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| relating to the authority of the Employees Retirement System of | ||
| Texas to make available a TRICARE Military Health System | ||
| supplemental plan. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 1551, Insurance Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1551.227 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1551.227. TRICARE MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM SUPPLEMENTAL | ||
| PLAN. (a) The board of trustees shall make available a TRICARE | ||
| Military Health System supplemental plan to an employee or | ||
| annuitant who waives coverage under the basic coverage plan under | ||
| Section 1551.1045 and is eligible for benefits under the TRICARE | ||
| Military Health System. The board of trustees may not contribute to | ||
| the cost of the supplemental plan, including the premium cost. | ||
| (b) A plan offered under this section must be considered a | ||
| permissible offering to TRICARE participants and beneficiaries | ||
| under 10 U.S.C. Section 1097c. | ||
| (c) The board of trustees may adopt rules necessary to | ||
| implement this section, including rules regarding eligibility for | ||
| the plan, available insurance products, and enrollment in the plan. | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3307 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
| 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3307 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
