78R14133 PB-F
By: Eissler H.B. No. 2907
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2907:
By: Keffer of Dallas C.S.H.B. No. 2907
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to optional benefits under the Texas school employees
uniform group coverage program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 4(e), Article 3.50-7, Insurance Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) The trustee may not offer optional coverages, other than
those required by Chapter 1577 of this code, to employees
participating in the program. This subsection does not affect the
right of a participating entity to offer optional coverages to its
employees under terms and conditions established by the
participating entity. [The trustee by rule may define the types of
optional coverages offered under this subsection.]
SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.
SECTION 3. The board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement
System of Texas shall adopt any rules required by the change in law
made by this Act not later than December 1, 2003.
SECTION 4. This Act applies only to a policy, contract, or
evidence of coverage that is delivered, issued for delivery, or
renewed on or after January 1, 2004. A policy, contract, or
evidence of coverage that is delivered, issued for delivery, or
renewed before January 1, 2004, 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.