| 1 | 1 | | 86R12480 LED-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Capriglione H.B. No. 3887 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 enrollment of certain retirees in and cost-sharing for |
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| 8 | 8 | | the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Program. |
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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. Section 1575.161, Insurance Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the trustee by rule |
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| 13 | 13 | | shall provide one opportunity to reenroll in a health benefit plan |
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| 14 | 14 | | offered under the group program for an otherwise eligible retiree: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) who is eligible to enroll in Medicare; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) whose initial enrollment was voluntarily |
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| 17 | 17 | | terminated on or after January 1, 2017, and on or before December |
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| 18 | 18 | | 31, 2018; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) who opts to reenroll on or before December 31, |
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| 20 | 20 | | 2023. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (c) Subsection (b) and this subsection expire September 1, |
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| 22 | 22 | | 2024. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 1575.202(a), Insurance Code, is amended |
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| 24 | 24 | | to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) Each state fiscal year, the state shall contribute to |
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| 26 | 26 | | the fund an amount equal to a percentage [1.25 percent] of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | salary of each active employee as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) for the 2020 and 2021 fiscal years, 2.25 percent; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) for the 2022 fiscal year, 2.5 percent; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) for the 2023 fiscal year, 2.75 percent; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (4) for the 2024 fiscal year, three percent; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (5) for the 2025 fiscal year, 3.25 percent; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (6) for the 2026 fiscal year, 3.5 percent; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (7) for the 2027 fiscal year, 3.75 percent; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (8) for the 2028 fiscal year, four percent; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (9) for the 2029 fiscal year, and each subsequent |
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| 37 | 37 | | fiscal year, 4.25 percent. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. Section 1575.212, Insurance Code, is amended by |
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| 39 | 39 | | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (c) The trustee may not increase the payments under |
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| 41 | 41 | | Subsection (a-1) for a biennium in which the legislature does not |
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| 42 | 42 | | increase annuities under Chapter 824, Government Code. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 4. (a) Not later than November 1, 2019, the Teacher |
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| 44 | 44 | | Retirement System of Texas shall adopt rules necessary to implement |
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| 45 | 45 | | Section 1575.161(b), Insurance Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (b) Rules adopted by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas |
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| 47 | 47 | | under Section 1575.161(b), Insurance Code, as added by this Act, |
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| 48 | 48 | | must apply to a retiree described by that subsection, regardless of |
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| 49 | 49 | | whether the termination of the retiree's initial enrollment |
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| 50 | 50 | | occurred before, on, or after the effective date of the rules or |
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| 51 | 51 | | this Act. |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 53 | 53 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 54 | 54 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 55 | 55 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 56 | 56 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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