Bill Text: TX SB786 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain retired firefighters and emergency medical services providers to purchase continued health benefits coverage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-19 - Left pending in committee [SB786 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB786-Introduced.html
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By: Creighton | S.B. No. 786 |
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relating to the eligibility of certain retired firefighters and | ||
emergency medical services providers to purchase continued health | ||
benefits coverage. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 175.001, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 175.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies to a | ||
person who: | ||
(1) retires from: | ||
(A) county employment in a county with a | ||
population of 75,000 or more; | ||
(B) employment by an appraisal district in a | ||
county with a population of 75,000 or more; [ |
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(C) municipal employment in a municipality with a | ||
population of 25,000 or more; or | ||
(D) employment as a firefighter or emergency | ||
medical services provider by an emergency services district located | ||
wholly or partly in a county with a population of 200,000 or more; | ||
and | ||
(2) is entitled to receive retirement benefits from a | ||
county, appraisal district, or municipal retirement plan or | ||
emergency services district. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Chapter 175, Local Government Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, applies according to its terms to all eligible | ||
persons who leave employment with an emergency services district on | ||
or after January 1, 2022. | ||
(b) An emergency services district that is required by | ||
Chapter 175, Local Government Code, as amended by this Act, to | ||
provide continued health benefits coverage but that is not allowed | ||
to provide the coverage under the terms of the district's existing | ||
group health plan shall ensure that the required continued health | ||
benefits coverage is provided for in any new plan that is adopted by | ||
the district on or after January 1, 2022, unless the district is | ||
exempted under Section 175.007, Local Government Code. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |