Bill Text: TX HB3453 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to participation in and rates for coverage provided under the uniform group coverage program for active employees.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-12 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3453 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3453-Engrossed.html
| By: Lozano, Hunter | H.B. No. 3453 | |
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| relating to participation in and rates for coverage provided under | ||
| the uniform group coverage program for active employees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. INTERIM COMMITTEE; STUDY. (a) A joint interim | ||
| committee on TRS ActiveCare is established to study: | ||
| (1) the impact of allowing school districts and other | ||
| participating entities in the uniform group coverage program for | ||
| active employees under Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, to opt out of | ||
| that program; | ||
| (2) the impact, should participating entities be | ||
| authorized to opt out of the program, of allowing or prohibiting | ||
| future participation by previous participating entities that have | ||
| opted out; and | ||
| (3) the impact of establishing a regional rating | ||
| method for determining premiums charged in different regions of the | ||
| state for the benefits provided under a group coverage plan | ||
| established under the program. | ||
| (b) The joint interim committee shall be composed of six | ||
| senators appointed by the lieutenant governor and six members of | ||
| the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house | ||
| of representatives. | ||
| (c) The lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives shall each designate a co-chair from among the | ||
| joint interim committee members. | ||
| (d) The joint interim committee shall convene at the joint | ||
| call of the co-chairs. | ||
| (e) The joint interim committee has all other powers and | ||
| duties provided to a special or select committee by the rules of the | ||
| senate and house of representatives, by Subchapter B, Chapter 301, | ||
| Government Code, and by policies of the senate and house committees | ||
| on administration. | ||
| (f) Not later than January 1, 2017, the joint interim | ||
| committee shall report the committee's findings and | ||
| recommendations to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the | ||
| house of representatives, the governor, the Teacher Retirement | ||
| System of Texas, and each house and senate standing committee with | ||
| primary jurisdiction over primary and secondary education or health | ||
| benefit plan coverage. | ||
| (g) From the contingent expense fund of the senate and the | ||
| contingent expense fund of the house of representatives equally, | ||
| the members of the joint interim committee shall be reimbursed for | ||
| expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this Act in | ||
| accordance with the senate and house of representatives rules of | ||
| procedure and the policies of the committees on administration. | ||
| Other necessary expenses of operation shall be paid from the | ||
| contingent expense fund of the senate and the contingent expense | ||
| fund of the house of representatives equally. | ||
| SECTION 2. ABOLITION OF COMMITTEE. The joint interim | ||
| committee on TRS ActiveCare created by this Act is abolished and | ||
| this Act expires September 1, 2017. | ||
| SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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. | ||
