Bill Text: TX SB1968 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to reenrollment of certain retirees in the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-19 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1968 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1968-Introduced.html
| 86R6595 JES-D | ||
| By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 1968 | |
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| relating to reenrollment of certain retirees in the Texas Public | ||
| School Employees Group Insurance Program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1575.161, Insurance Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the trustee by rule | ||
| shall provide one opportunity to reenroll in a health benefit plan | ||
| offered under the group program for an otherwise eligible retiree: | ||
| (1) whose initial enrollment was voluntarily | ||
| terminated on or after September 1, 2017, and on or before September | ||
| 1, 2018; and | ||
| (2) who opts to reenroll on or before November 1, 2020. | ||
| (c) Subsection (b) and this subsection expire September 1, | ||
| 2021. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2019, the Teacher | ||
| Retirement System of Texas shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
| Section 1575.161(b), Insurance Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
