By: Jackson S.B. No. 2577
(In the Senate - Filed May 6, 2009; May 6, 2009, read first
time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 12, 2009,
reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 2;
May 12, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to bariatric surgery coverage for state employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 1551, Insurance Code, is
amended by adding Section 1551.225 to read as follows:
Sec. 1551.225. BARIATRIC SURGERY COVERAGE. (a) The board
of trustees shall develop a cost-neutral or cost-positive plan for
providing under the group benefits program bariatric surgery
coverage for employees eligible to participate in the program under
Section 1551.101.
(b) The board of trustees may adopt rules as necessary to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. The board of trustees of the Employees
Retirement System of Texas shall implement the plan required by
Section 1551.225, Insurance Code, as added by this Act, as soon as
practicable, but not later than September 1, 2010.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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