Bill Text: TX SB155 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain school district employees to participate or be enrolled in certain group health benefit programs.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB155 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB155-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 155 | ||
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| relating to the eligibility of certain school district employees to | ||
| participate or be enrolled in certain group health benefit | ||
| programs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subsection (k), Section 22.004, Education Code, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (k) Notwithstanding any other law, an employee of a district | ||
| participating in the uniform group coverage program under | ||
| Subsection (a) or providing group health coverage under Subsection | ||
| (b) whose resignation is effective after the last day of an | ||
| instructional year is entitled to participate or be enrolled in the | ||
| uniform group coverage plan or the group health coverage through | ||
| the earlier of: | ||
| (1) the first anniversary of the date participation in | ||
| or coverage under the uniform group coverage plan or the group | ||
| health coverage was first made available to district employees for | ||
| the last instructional year in which the employee was employed by | ||
| the district; or | ||
| (2) the last calendar day before the first day of the | ||
| instructional year immediately following the last instructional | ||
| year in which the employee was employed by the district. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies | ||
| beginning with the 2012-2013 school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 155 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 155 passed the House on | ||
| May 20, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
