87R1602 RDS-F
By: Powell S.B. No. 1127
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain members of the state
military forces to participate in the state group benefits program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 437.212(f), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(f) A member of the state military forces who is not a
full-time or part-time state employee and who has been on state
active duty or on state training or other duty for more than 60
consecutive days is, notwithstanding Section 1551.1055, Insurance
Code, eligible to participate in the state group benefits program
under Chapter 1551, Insurance Code, and is considered to be a
full-time state employee for the purposes of that chapter,
including the receipt of a full state contribution for insurance
coverage, subject to Subsection (f-1) and the following
requirements:
(1) the participant must be a member of the state
military forces at the time of enrollment in the group benefits
program; and
(2) an application under this subsection for insurance
coverage must be submitted in accordance with procedures
established by the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
SECTION 2. Section 437.212(f), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to an application for insurance coverage
submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An application
submitted before that date is governed by the law in effect when the
application was submitted, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.