81R5413 AJA-D
By: Davis, Wendy S.B. No. 753
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the waiting period for eligibility for benefits under
the Texas Employees Group Benefits Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1551.1055, Insurance Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by this section [Subsection (c) or
(d)], eligibility under Section 1551.101 begins on the first day of
the calendar month that begins after the 90th day after the date the
employee performs services for a state agency or is qualified for
and begins to hold elected or appointed office.
(e) An employee who, at the time the employee is employed by
a state agency, has at least 90 days of state service credit is
eligible under Section 1551.101 on the first day on which the
employee returns to state service.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an employee who returns to state service on or after the
effective date of this Act. An employee who returns to state
service before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
in effect immediately before that date, and that law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
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, 2009.