79R2089 DLF-D

By:  Hopson                                                       H.B. No. 604



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to participation as an annuitant under the Texas Employees 
Group Benefits Act.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  PARTICIPATION OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED 
AFTER ENACTMENT OF CHAPTER 1231, ACTS OF THE 77TH LEGISLATURE, 
REGULAR SESSION, 2001. Notwithstanding Section 1551.102, Insurance 
Code, or any other law, an individual is eligible to participate as 
an annuitant in the group benefits program under Chapter 1551, 
Insurance Code, if:
		(1)  the individual was initially employed on or after 
September 1, 2001, but before September 10, 2001, by a school 
district that operates schools at facilities of the Texas 
Department of Criminal Justice for the education of persons 
confined or imprisoned in those facilities;
		(2)  the individual is continuously employed by that 
school district until September 1, 2005, or a later date; and
		(3)  on the date the individual seeks to participate as 
an annuitant, the individual would be eligible to participate as an 
annuitant under former Section 3(a)(2), Texas Employees Uniform 
Group Insurance Benefits Act (Article 3.50-2, Vernon's Texas 
Insurance Code), as that section existed immediately before 
amendment by Section 27, Chapter 1231, Acts of the 77th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001.
	SECTION 2.  EXPIRATION.  This Act expires December 31, 2011.                   
	SECTION 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect September 
1, 2005.