85R10581 LED-D
By: Gooden H.B. No. 3291
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to education employees uniform group health coverage.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1579.101, Insurance Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The trustee shall offer a coverage plan that is at least
as comprehensive as the plan designated as TRS ActiveCare 2 offered
on January 1, 2017.
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, is
amended by adding Sections 1579.2515 and 1579.256 to read as
follows:
Sec. 1579.2515. ADDITIONAL STATE ASSISTANCE. In addition
to the amount contributed under Section 1579.251, the state shall
assist employees of participating school districts, charter
schools, regional education service centers, and educational
districts described by Section 1579.002(5)(B) in the purchase of
group health coverage under this chapter by providing for each
covered employee:
(1) for the 2017-2018 plan year, an amount not less
than $900;
(2) for the 2018-2019 plan year, an amount not less
than $1,800; and
(3) for the 2019-2020 plan year and each plan year
thereafter, an amount not less than the lesser of:
(A) the amount paid for each covered employee in
the previous plan year plus $900; or
(B) the amount that, when added to the minimum
required contribution under Section 1579.251 by a participating
entity, equals 70 percent of total contributions made for
employee-only coverage under the plan described by Section
1579.101(e).
Sec. 1579.256. BIENNIAL ESTIMATE. Not later than December
1 of each even-numbered year, the trustee shall submit to the
Legislative Budget Board an estimate of the amount of contributions
expected to be received for the coverage plan designated as TRS
ActiveCare 2 for the next two fiscal years.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
plan year.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.