Bill Text: TX SB1045 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain claims against the third-party administrator or vendor of health benefits for the employees of a political subdivision.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1045 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1045-Introduced.html
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By: Eckhardt | S.B. No. 1045 |
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relating to certain claims against the third-party administrator or | ||
vendor of health benefits for the employees of a political | ||
subdivision. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 180.008 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 180.008. LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT | ||
CLAIMS. Notwithstanding any other law, a political subdivision's | ||
third-party health benefits administrator or other health benefits | ||
vendor is liable for a claim based on a dispute under an employment | ||
benefit, including health benefit plan coverage, provided to an | ||
employee of the political subdivision by the political subdivision | ||
if the underlying claim is based on the vendor's duty under the | ||
vendor's agreement with the political subdivision. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Chapter 180, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 180. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AFFECTING OFFICERS AND | ||
EMPLOYEES OF MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, AND [ |
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GOVERNMENTS | ||
SECTION 3. Section 180.008, Local Government Code, as added | ||
by this Act, applies only to an action that commences on or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. An action that commences before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the | ||
action immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. 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. |