By: Flores (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 1191
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2009;
May 1, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 12, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 12, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the enrollment period for insurance benefits for
certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1575.161(a), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A retiree eligible for coverage under the group program
may select any coverage provided under this chapter for which the
person is otherwise eligible:
(1) on any [the] date that is on or after the date the
person retires and on or before the 90th day after that date; and
(2) during any other open enrollment periods for
retirees set by the trustee by rule.
SECTION 2. Section 1575.161(a), Insurance Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to an individual who retires on or after
September 1, 2009. An individual who retires before September 1,
2009, is governed by the law as it existed on the date the
individual retired, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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