Bill Text: TX SB1048 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to state contributions for health benefit plan coverage under the Texas Public School Retired Employees Group Benefits Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-06 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1048 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1048-Introduced.html
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By: Huffman | S.B. No. 1048 |
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relating to state contributions for health benefit plan coverage | ||
under the Texas Public School Retired Employees Group Benefits Act. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1575.201, Insurance Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1575.201. ADDITIONAL STATE CONTRIBUTIONS; CERTAIN | ||
CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) The state through the trustee shall contribute | ||
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the General Appropriations Act to cover all or part of the cost for | ||
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spouse, and surviving dependent child enrolled in a health benefit | ||
plan offered under the group program. | ||
(b) The trustee shall collect the amount of premium required | ||
for basic coverage under the group program that exceeds the amount | ||
contributed by the state for those individuals described by | ||
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(c) The trustee may spend a part of the money received for | ||
the group program to offset a part of the costs for dependent | ||
coverage if the group program is projected to remain financially | ||
solvent during the currently funded biennium. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a state contribution under Section 1575.201, Insurance Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, for a state fiscal year beginning on or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. A state contribution for a state | ||
fiscal year beginning before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective | ||
date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2017. |