Bill Text: TX SB2255 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to health coverage for employees of a municipal school district.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to State Affairs [SB2255 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2255-Introduced.html
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| By: Miles | S.B. No. 2255 | |
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| relating to health coverage for employees of a municipal school | ||
| district. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1579.156 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1579.156. PARTICIPATION BY MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. | ||
| (a) A municipal school district, as described by Section 11.303, | ||
| Education Code, may: | ||
| (1) elect to participate in the program; or | ||
| (2) notwithstanding any previous election or | ||
| requirement to participate in the program, provide health coverage | ||
| to the district's employees through the health coverage plan | ||
| provided to the employees of the municipality in which the district | ||
| is located. | ||
| (b) If a municipal school district that participates in the | ||
| program elects to provide health coverage under Subsection (a)(2), | ||
| the municipal school district shall withdraw from the program by | ||
| notifying the trustee in writing that the district is withdrawing | ||
| from the program. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
