Bill Text: TX SB1444 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to participation in the uniform group coverage program for active school employees and to a study concerning health coverage for school district employees.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1444 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1444-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to participation in the uniform group coverage program for active school employees and to a study concerning health coverage for school district employees.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1444 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1444-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Taylor, West | S.B. No. 1444 | |
| (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2021; March 24, 2021, read | ||
| first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 3, 2021, | ||
| reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 3, 2021, sent to printer.) | ||
| COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1444 | By: Taylor | |
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| relating to participation in the uniform group coverage program for | ||
| active school employees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1579.1045 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1579.1045. ALTERNATIVE GROUP HEALTH COVERAGE | ||
| PROHIBITED. Notwithstanding any other law, a participating entity | ||
| may not offer or make available to the entity's employees or their | ||
| dependents group health coverage not provided under the program. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1579.155 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1579.155. PROGRAM PARTICIPATION: ELECTION. (a) | ||
| Effective September 1, 2022, a participating entity may elect to | ||
| discontinue the entity's participation in the program by providing | ||
| written notice to the trustee not later than December 31 of the year | ||
| preceding the first day of the plan year in which the election will | ||
| be effective. | ||
| (b) A participating entity that elects to discontinue | ||
| participation in the program under Subsection (a) may not elect to: | ||
| (1) participate in the program until the fifth | ||
| anniversary of the effective date of the entity's election to | ||
| discontinue participation; or | ||
| (2) discontinue the entity's participation after an | ||
| election described by Subdivision (1) until the fifth anniversary | ||
| of the effective date of that election. | ||
| (c) Effective September 1, 2022, an entity that elects to | ||
| participate in the program shall provide written notice to the | ||
| trustee not later than December 31 of the year preceding the first | ||
| day of the plan year in which the election will be effective. The | ||
| entity may not elect to discontinue the entity's participation | ||
| until the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the entity's | ||
| election to participate. | ||
| (d) The trustee by rule shall prescribe the time and manner | ||
| for making an election under this section and may adopt rules | ||
| necessary to administer this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. Sections 1579.1045 and 1579.155, Insurance Code, | ||
| as added by this Act, apply only to group coverage provided for a | ||
| plan year beginning on or after September 1, 2022. A plan year that | ||
| begins before that date is governed by the law as it existed | ||
| immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
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