Bill Text: TX HB437 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to eligibility to participate in health benefit programs for certain state employees reemployed after military service.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB437 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB437-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility to participate in health benefit programs for certain state employees reemployed after military service.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB437 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB437-Comm_Sub.html
By: Raney, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Campbell) | H.B. No. 437 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House March 23, 2015; | ||
March 25, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Veteran Affairs and Military Installations; May 8, 2015, reported | ||
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 8, 2015, sent | ||
to printer.) |
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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), [ |
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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), [ |
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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. | ||
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