86R10188 MM-D
By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 2603
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring regional education service centers to provide
information to school district employees regarding health and
retirement benefits and financial literacy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 8, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 8.059 to read as follows:
Sec. 8.059. INFORMATION REGARDING EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. Each
regional education service center, in cooperation with the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas, shall annually collaborate with school
districts in the center's region to:
(1) organize an educational workshop to provide
information to district employees regarding:
(A) health benefits for district employees and
retirees, including:
(i) benefits provided by each district; and
(ii) health benefit plans administered by
the Teacher Retirement System of Texas;
(B) retirement benefits, including benefits
provided by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas; and
(C) personal financial literacy regarding health
care and retirement planning; and
(2) distribute the information described by
Subdivision (1) to the district employees.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.