Bill Text: TX SB1048 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to state contributions for health benefit plan coverage under the Texas Public School Retired Employees Group Benefits Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-06 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1048 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1048-Introduced.html

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85R11295 LED-F
By: Huffman S.B. No. 1048

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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
from money in the fund an[:
[(1) the total cost of the basic plan covering each
participating retiree; and
[(2) for each participating dependent, surviving
spouse, and surviving dependent child, the] amount prescribed by
the General Appropriations Act to cover all or part of the cost for
each retiree [of the basic plan covering the dependent], surviving
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
Subsection (a) [(a)(2)].
(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.