By Maxey H.B. No. 1853
77R5965 DLF-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to coverage for certain dependent children under the Texas
1-3 Employees Uniform Group Insurance Benefits Act.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 14A(a), Texas Employees Uniform Group
1-6 Insurance Benefits Act (Article 3.50-2, Vernon's Texas Insurance
1-7 Code), is amended to read as follows:
1-8 (a) Subject to any applicable limit in the General
1-9 Appropriations Act, the trustee shall use money appropriated for
1-10 employer contributions to fund [80 percent of] the total cost of
1-11 basic coverage for a child who:
1-12 (1) is a dependent of an employee;
1-13 (2) would be eligible, if the child were not the
1-14 dependent of the employee, for benefits under the program
1-15 established by this state to implement Title XXI of the Social
1-16 Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1397aa et seq.), as amended; and
1-17 (3) is not eligible for the state Medicaid program.
1-18 SECTION 2. Section 14A(f), Texas Employees Uniform Group
1-19 Insurance Benefits Act (Article 3.50-2, Vernon's Texas Insurance
1-20 Code), is repealed.
1-21 SECTION 3. Section 14A(a), Texas Employees Uniform Group
1-22 Insurance Benefits Act (Article 3.50-2, Vernon's Texas Insurance
1-23 Code), as amended by this Act, applies to the purchase of basic
1-24 coverage for a dependent child by the trustee of the group benefits
2-1 program established under the Texas Employees Uniform Group
2-2 Insurance Benefits Act (Article 3.50-2, Vernon's Texas Insurance
2-3 Code), beginning September 1, 2001.
2-4 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-5 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-6 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-7 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-8 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.