1-1 By: Johnson (Senate Sponsor - Barrientos) H.B. No. 2712 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 1993; 1-3 May 6, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on Economic 1-4 Development; May 25, 1993, reported favorably, as amended, by the 1-5 following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 25, 1993, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-8 Parker x 1-9 Lucio x 1-10 Ellis x 1-11 Haley x 1-12 Harris of Dallas x 1-13 Harris of Tarrant x 1-14 Leedom x 1-15 Madla x 1-16 Rosson x 1-17 Shapiro x 1-18 Wentworth x 1-19 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Parker 1-20 Amend H.B. 2712 as follows: 1-21 (1) Strike Section 2 of the bill (page 2, lines 8-15, House 1-22 engrossment) and substitute the following: 1-23 SECTION 2. The Texas Employees Uniform Group Insurance 1-24 Benefits Act (Article 3.50-2, Vernon's Texas Insurance Code) is 1-25 amended by adding Section 3C to read as follows: 1-26 Sec. 3C. INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION MAY ELECT NOT TO 1-27 PARTICIPATE IN DENTAL PROGRAMS. (a) Notwithstanding any other 1-28 provision of this Act, the governing board of an institution of 1-29 higher education may elect for the institution not to participate 1-30 in voluntary or optional dental benefit programs of the Texas 1-31 Employees Uniform Group Insurance Benefits Program administered by 1-32 the Employees Retirement System of Texas under this Act. 1-33 (b) An institution of higher education that elects not to 1-34 participate under this section must file notice with the Employees 1-35 Retirement System of Texas on a form prescribed by the retirement 1-36 system not later than the 30th day before the effective date of the 1-37 election. 1-38 (c) Subject to Subsection (d) of this section, an 1-39 institution of higher education that has elected not to participate 1-40 under this section may elect, not later than August 1 of a year, to 1-41 reinstate participation for the state fiscal year beginning the 1-42 following September 1 by filing notice with the Employees 1-43 Retirement System of Texas on a form prescribed by the retirement 1-44 system. 1-45 (d) An institution of higher education that has elected not 1-46 to participate under this section may not reinstate participation 1-47 under Subsection (c) of this section before the first day of the 1-48 state fiscal year beginning after the second anniversary of the 1-49 date on which the election not to participate became effective. 1-50 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-51 (b) The change in law made by this Act to Section 2, Article 1-52 21.24-1, Insurance Code, applies only to a health insurance policy 1-53 or contract for a health benefit plan that is delivered, issued for 1-54 delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 1994. A policy or 1-55 contract that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before 1-56 January 1, 1994, is governed by the law as it existed immediately 1-57 before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in 1-58 effect for that purpose. 1-59 (2) Renumber the subsequent section of the bill 1-60 appropriately. 1-61 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-62 AN ACT 1-63 relating to the assignment of health care benefit payments by a 1-64 person covered by the Texas public school retired employees group 1-65 insurance program. 1-66 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-67 SECTION 1. Section 2, Article 21.24-1, Insurance Code, is 1-68 amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 2-1 (c) This article applies to insurance coverage provided 2-2 under the Texas Public School Retired Employees Group Insurance Act 2-3 (Article 3.50-4, Insurance Code). 2-4 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and 2-5 applies only to a health insurance policy or contract for a health 2-6 benefit plan that is entered into, delivered, issued for delivery, 2-7 or renewed on or after January 1, 1994. A policy or contract that 2-8 is entered into, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before 2-9 January 1, 1994, is governed by the law as it existed immediately 2-10 before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in 2-11 effect for that purpose. 2-12 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 2-17 * * * * * 2-18 Austin, 2-19 Texas 2-20 May 25, 1993 2-21 Hon. Bob Bullock 2-22 President of the Senate 2-23 Sir: 2-24 We, your Committee on Economic Development to which was referred 2-25 H.B. No. 2712, have had the same under consideration, and I am 2-26 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation 2-27 that it do pass, as amended, and be printed. 2-28 Parker, 2-29 Chairman 2-30 * * * * * 2-31 WITNESSES 2-32 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 2712.