| 1 | 1 | | By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 594 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to availability of certain health benefit plan options for |
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| 7 | 7 | | certain participants in the Texas Public School Employees Group |
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| 8 | 8 | | 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. Subchapter D, Chapter 1575, Insurance Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 1575.171 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 1575.171. APPLICABILITY OF FORMER LAW. (a) |
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| 13 | 13 | | Notwithstanding the change in law made by Chapter 712 (H.B. 3976), |
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| 14 | 14 | | Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, the trustee |
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| 15 | 15 | | shall continue to offer and administer the health benefit plan |
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| 16 | 16 | | options offered under this chapter as it existed immediately before |
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| 17 | 17 | | September 1, 2017, for participating retirees, dependents, |
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| 18 | 18 | | surviving spouses, or surviving dependent children who are enrolled |
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| 19 | 19 | | in a health benefit plan offered under the group program in the 2017 |
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| 20 | 20 | | plan year, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 21 | 21 | | purpose. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) The change in law made by Chapter 712 (H.B. 3976), Acts |
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| 23 | 23 | | of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, applies only to |
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| 24 | 24 | | retirees, dependents, surviving spouses, or surviving dependent |
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| 25 | 25 | | children who enroll in a health benefit plan offered under the group |
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| 26 | 26 | | program beginning with the 2020 plan year or a subsequent plan year. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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