| 1 | 1 | | 86R9195 MEW-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Krause H.B. No. 2097 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a pilot program for the provision of health coverage for |
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| 8 | 8 | | school district employees in certain school districts. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 1579.155 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 1579.155. PILOT PROGRAM. (a) A school district with |
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| 13 | 13 | | the second largest student enrollment in a county that has a |
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| 14 | 14 | | population of 1.8 million or more and that is adjacent to a county |
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| 15 | 15 | | with a population of 2.2 million, including a school district |
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| 16 | 16 | | required to participate under Section 1579.151, may elect to |
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| 17 | 17 | | withdraw from the program and establish a pilot program to provide |
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| 18 | 18 | | health coverage to the district's employees. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) A school district that elects to withdraw from the |
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| 20 | 20 | | program and establish a pilot program shall: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) notify the trustee not later than September 30, |
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| 22 | 22 | | 2019; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) withdraw from the program effective not later than |
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| 24 | 24 | | August 31, 2020. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) Not later than December 31 of each of the first three |
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| 26 | 26 | | years after a school district has established a pilot program under |
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| 27 | 27 | | this section, the district shall report baseline and longitudinal |
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| 28 | 28 | | data relating to the health coverage obtained for district |
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| 29 | 29 | | employees to the trustee and the legislature. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (d) To minimize the impact of adverse selection, a school |
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| 31 | 31 | | district that withdraws from the program under this section may |
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| 32 | 32 | | resume participation in the program effective not earlier than the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 10th anniversary of the effective date of withdrawal. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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