Bill Text: TX HB4222 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to health coverage for employees of a municipal school district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-06 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4222 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4222-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to health coverage for employees of a municipal school district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-06 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4222 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4222-Introduced.html
86R16408 MEW-F | ||
By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 4222 |
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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. |