| 1 | 1 | | 87R6951 MEW-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: J. Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 2226 |
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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 the Texas Public |
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| 8 | 8 | | 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, 2019; 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. Not later than November 1, 2021, the Teacher |
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| 24 | 24 | | Retirement System of Texas shall adopt rules necessary to implement |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1575.161(b), Insurance Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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