Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 2171
	1	+	By: Metcalf (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 2171
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2021;
	3	+	May 3, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
	4	+	Government; May 13, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
	5	+	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
	6	+	May 13, 2021, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2171 By: Paxton
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to the eligibility of certain retired firefighters and
6	14		emergency medical services providers to purchase continued health
7	15		benefits coverage.
8	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	17		SECTION 1. Section 175.001, Local Government Code, is
10	18		amended to read as follows:
11	19		Sec. 175.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies to a
12	20		person who:
13	21		(1) retires from:
14	22		(A) county employment in a county with a
15	23		population of 75,000 or more;
16	24		(B) employment by an appraisal district in a
17	25		county with a population of 75,000 or more; [or]
18	26		(C) municipal employment in a municipality with a
19	27		population of 25,000 or more; or
20	28		(D) employment as a firefighter or emergency
21	29		medical services provider by an emergency services district located
22	30		wholly or partly in a county with a population of 150,000 or more;
23	31		and
24	32		(2) is entitled to receive retirement benefits from a
25	33		county, appraisal district, or municipal retirement plan or
26	34		emergency services district.
27	35		SECTION 2. (a) Chapter 175, Local Government Code, as
28	36		amended by this Act, applies according to its terms to all eligible
29	37		persons who leave employment with an emergency services district on
30	38		or after January 1, 2022.
31	39		(b) An emergency services district that is required by
32	40		Chapter 175, Local Government Code, as amended by this Act, to
33	41		provide continued health benefits coverage but that is not allowed
34	42		to provide the coverage under the terms of the district's existing
35	43		group health plan shall ensure that the required continued health
36	44		benefits coverage is provided for in any new plan that is adopted by
37	45		the district on or after January 1, 2022, unless the district is
38	46		exempted under Section 175.007, Local Government Code.
39	47		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
40		-	______________________________ ______________________________
41		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
42		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2171 was passed by the House on April
43		-	23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 14, 2 present, not
44		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
45		-	No. 2171 on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0,
46		-	1 present, not voting.
47		-	______________________________
48		-	Chief Clerk of the House
49		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2171 was passed by the Senate, with
50		-	amendments, on May 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
51		-	0.
52		-	______________________________
53		-	Secretary of the Senate
54		-	APPROVED: __________________
55		-	Date
56		-	__________________
57		-	Governor
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