Bill Text: TX SB1854 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to optional group benefits for dental and vision care under the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1854 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1854-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to optional group benefits for dental and vision care under the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1854 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1854-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Paxton, et al. | S.B. No. 1854 | |
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| relating to optional group benefits for dental and vision care | ||
| under the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 1575, Insurance Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1575.1601 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1575.1601. GROUP BENEFITS FOR DENTAL AND VISION CARE. | ||
| The trustee shall establish or contract for and make available | ||
| under the group program the following plans for retirees, | ||
| dependents, surviving spouses, and surviving dependent children: | ||
| (1) an optional plan that provides coverage for dental | ||
| care; and | ||
| (2) an optional plan that provides coverage for vision | ||
| care. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
