| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 2022 |
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| 1 | + | By: Darby, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 2022 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 17, 2021; |
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| 3 | + | May 17, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Education; May 24, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | + | Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 24, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to enrollment of certain retirees in the Texas Public |
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| 6 | 12 | | School Employees Group Insurance Program. |
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| 7 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 1575.161, Insurance Code, is amended by |
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| 9 | 15 | | adding Subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 16 | | (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the trustee by rule |
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| 11 | 17 | | shall provide one opportunity to reenroll in a health benefit plan |
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| 12 | 18 | | offered under the group program for an otherwise eligible retiree: |
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| 13 | 19 | | (1) who is eligible to enroll in Medicare; |
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| 14 | 20 | | (2) whose initial enrollment was voluntarily |
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| 15 | 21 | | terminated on or after January 1, 2017, and on or before December |
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| 16 | 22 | | 31, 2019; and |
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| 17 | 23 | | (3) who opts to reenroll on or before December 31, |
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| 18 | 24 | | 2023. |
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| 19 | 25 | | (c) Subsection (b) and this subsection expire September 1, |
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| 20 | 26 | | 2024. |
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| 21 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2021, the Teacher |
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| 22 | 28 | | Retirement System of Texas shall adopt rules necessary to implement |
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| 23 | 29 | | Section 1575.161(b), Insurance Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 24 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 25 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 26 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 27 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 28 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 29 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 30 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 31 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2022 was passed by the House on May |
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| 32 | | - | 14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 18, 2 present, not |
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| 33 | | - | voting. |
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| 34 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 36 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2022 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 37 | | - | 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 38 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 40 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 41 | | - | Date |
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| 42 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 43 | | - | Governor |
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| 35 | + | * * * * * |
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