Bill Text: TX SB1359 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a pilot program for the provision of health coverage for school district employees in certain school districts.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-19 - Co-author authorized [SB1359 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1359-Introduced.html

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86R9195 MEW-F
By: Hancock S.B. No. 1359

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a pilot program for the provision of health coverage for
school district employees in certain school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, is
amended by adding Section 1579.155 to read as follows:
Sec. 1579.155. PILOT PROGRAM. (a) A school district with
the second largest student enrollment in a county that has a
population of 1.8 million or more and that is adjacent to a county
with a population of 2.2 million, including a school district
required to participate under Section 1579.151, may elect to
withdraw from the program and establish a pilot program to provide
health coverage to the district's employees.
(b) A school district that elects to withdraw from the
program and establish a pilot program shall:
(1) notify the trustee not later than September 30,
2019; and
(2) withdraw from the program effective not later than
August 31, 2020.
(c) Not later than December 31 of each of the first three
years after a school district has established a pilot program under
this section, the district shall report baseline and longitudinal
data relating to the health coverage obtained for district
employees to the trustee and the legislature.
(d) To minimize the impact of adverse selection, a school
district that withdraws from the program under this section may
resume participation in the program effective not earlier than the
10th anniversary of the effective date of withdrawal.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.