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| 1 | 1 | By: Huffman S.B. No. 155 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Zerwas) | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the eligibility of certain school district employees to | |
| 8 | 8 | participate or be enrolled in certain group health benefit | |
| 9 | 9 | programs. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subsection (k), Section 22.004, Education Code, | |
| 12 | 12 | is amended to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (k) Notwithstanding any other law, an employee of a district | |
| 14 | 14 | participating in the uniform group coverage program under | |
| 15 | 15 | Subsection (a) or providing group health coverage under Subsection | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) whose resignation is effective after the last day of an | |
| 17 | 17 | instructional year is entitled to participate or be enrolled in the | |
| 18 | 18 | uniform group coverage plan or the group health coverage through | |
| 19 | 19 | the earlier of: | |
| 20 | 20 | (1) the first anniversary of the date participation in | |
| 21 | 21 | or coverage under the uniform group coverage plan or the group | |
| 22 | 22 | health coverage was first made available to district employees for | |
| 23 | 23 | the last instructional year in which the employee was employed by | |
| 24 | 24 | the district; or | |
| 25 | 25 | (2) the last calendar day before the first day of the | |
| 26 | 26 | instructional year immediately following the last instructional | |
| 27 | 27 | year in which the employee was employed by the district. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies | |
| 29 | 29 | beginning with the 2012-2013 school year. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |