H.B. No. 2022
AN ACT
relating to enrollment of certain retirees in the Texas Public
School Employees Group Insurance Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1575.161, Insurance Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows:
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the trustee by rule
shall provide one opportunity to reenroll in a health benefit plan
offered under the group program for an otherwise eligible retiree:
(1) who is eligible to enroll in Medicare;
(2) whose initial enrollment was voluntarily
terminated on or after January 1, 2017, and on or before December
31, 2019; and
(3) who opts to reenroll on or before December 31,
2023.
(c) Subsection (b) and this subsection expire September 1,
2024.
SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2021, the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas shall adopt rules necessary to implement
Section 1575.161(b), Insurance Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2022 was passed by the House on May
14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 18, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2022 was passed by the Senate on May
25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor