Bill Text: TX HB3987 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a study of TRS-ActiveCare administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services [HB3987 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3987-Introduced.html
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By: Leach | H.B. No. 3987 |
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relating to the creation of a study of TRS-ActiveCare administered | ||
by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. COMMITTEE. (a) A committee is created to study | ||
and review TRS-ActiveCare, administered under Chapter 1579, | ||
Insurance Code, and propose reforms to address issues described by | ||
Section 2 of this Act. | ||
(b) The committee is composed of the following members: | ||
(1) two persons appointed by the governor; | ||
(2) two persons appointed by the lieutenant governor; | ||
(3) two persons appointed by the speaker of the house | ||
of representatives; and | ||
(4) two persons employed by the Teacher Retirement | ||
System of Texas and appointed by the board of trustees of the | ||
system. | ||
SECTION 2. STUDY REGARDING CERTAIN HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS. | ||
The committee created by Section 1 of this Act shall study | ||
TRS-ActiveCare to examine and assess the following issues: | ||
(1) the financial soundness of the plans offered under | ||
TRS-ActiveCare; | ||
(2) the cost and affordability of plan coverage to | ||
persons eligible for coverage under the plans; | ||
(3) the sufficiency of access to physicians and health | ||
care providers under the plans; and | ||
(4) alternative mechanisms for offering health | ||
benefit plan coverage to the affected employees and the affected | ||
employees' dependents. | ||
SECTION 3. COMMITTEE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. (a) | ||
Not later than January 15, 2021, the committee appointed under this | ||
Act shall report the committee's findings and recommendations to | ||
the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives, and the governor. The committee shall include in | ||
its recommendations specific statutory and regulatory changes that | ||
appear beneficial from the results of the committee's study under | ||
Section 2 of this Act. | ||
(b) Not later than the 60th day after the effective date of | ||
this Act, the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house | ||
of representatives, and board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement | ||
System of Texas shall appoint the members of the committee created | ||
under Section 1 of this Act in accordance with that section. | ||
SECTION 4. ABOLITION OF COMMITTEE. The committee created | ||
by this Act is abolished and this Act expires January 20, 2021. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2019. |