Bill Text: TX HB392 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to long-term care insurance for state employees.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB392 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB392-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 392 | ||
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| relating to long-term care insurance for state employees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 1552, Insurance Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 1552. [ |
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| SECTION 2. Section 1552.002, Insurance Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1552.002. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. (a) The board of | ||
| trustees may establish a [ |
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| to provide long-term care insurance coverage for: | ||
| (1) an individual eligible to participate in the | ||
| program provided by Chapter 1551 as an employee or annuitant; | ||
| (2) the spouse, parent, or grandparent of an employee | ||
| or annuitant; and | ||
| (3) a parent of a spouse described by Subdivision (2). | ||
| (b) The board of trustees may not implement a [ |
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| long-term care insurance program unless any cost or administrative | ||
| burden associated with the development of, implementation of, or | ||
| communications about the program is incidental. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 1552.003, Insurance Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1552.003. ADMINISTERING FIRM. The board of trustees | ||
| may select an administering firm to administer the [ |
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| long-term care insurance program under contract with the board. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 1552.005(a), Insurance Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The [ |
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| of the group coverages offered under Chapter 1551. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 1552.006, Insurance Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1552.006. RULES. The board of trustees may adopt rules | ||
| as necessary to implement this chapter, including rules specifying | ||
| the coverage to be offered under the [ |
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| insurance program. | ||
| SECTION 6. Section 1552.004, Insurance Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 7. The Employees Retirement System of Texas shall | ||
| ensure that all group long-term care insurance coverage in effect | ||
| immediately before the effective date of this Act under Chapter | ||
| 1552, Insurance Code, continues to be administered in accordance | ||
| with Chapter 1552, Insurance Code, as it existed immediately before | ||
| the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 392 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 392 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
