Bill Text: TX HB437 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to eligibility to participate in health benefit programs for certain state employees reemployed after military service.

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB437 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB437-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 437

AN ACT
relating to eligibility to participate in health benefit programs
for certain state employees reemployed after military service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1551.1055, Insurance Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), [or] (d), or (e),
eligibility under Section 1551.101 begins not later than the 90th
day after the date the employee performs services for a state agency
or is qualified for and begins to hold elected or appointed office.
(e) Eligibility under Section 1551.101 for an employee
reemployed under Chapter 613, Government Code, begins on the first
day of reemployment on which the employee performs services for a
state agency.
SECTION 2. Section 1601.1045, Insurance Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), [or] (d), or (e),
eligibility under Section 1601.101 begins on the first day of the
calendar month that begins after the 90th day after the date the
employee performs services for a system.
(e) Eligibility under Section 1601.101 for an employee
reemployed under Chapter 613, Government Code, begins on the first
day of reemployment on which the employee performs services for a
system.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 437 was passed by the House on March
19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 437 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor