81R10226 TJS-D
By: Naishtat H.B. No. 2407
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to participation in the group benefits program by certain
retired state employees and their dependents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1551.102, Insurance Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) Subject to Section 1551.323, an individual is eligible
to participate in the group benefits program as provided by
Subsection (a), regardless of whether the individual is eligible to
receive an annuity, if the individual retires and has at least 10
years of eligible service credit.
SECTION 2. Section 1551.323, Insurance Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 1551.323. COST OF CERTAIN ANNUITANTS. (a) An
annuitant eligible to participate under Section 1551.102(i),
1551.102(j), 1551.111(e), or 1551.112(c) is, except as provided by
this subsection, required to pay the total cost, as determined by
the board, attributable to the participation of that individual and
the dependents of that individual until the date the individual is
65 years of age. If the General Appropriations Act or other similar
legislation addresses the payment of those costs, those costs shall
be paid in the manner specified by that legislation.
(b) This section applies only to an individual who is
eligible to participate as an annuitant under Section 1551.102(i),
1551.102(j), 1551.111(e), or 1551.112(c) and who is not eligible to
participate under another provision of Section 1551.102, 1551.111,
or 1551.112.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.