By: Staples S.B. No. 1319
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2005; March 21, 2005, read
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 20, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 20, 2005,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1319 By: Williams
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to participation of certain annuitants and their
dependents in the state employees group benefits program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1551.323, Insurance Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and
(a-3) to read as follows:
(a) An annuitant eligible to participate under Section
1551.102(i), 1551.111(e), or 1551.112(c) is[, except as provided by
this subsection,] required to pay, [the total cost, as determined
by the board, attributable to the participation of that individual
and the dependents of that individual] until the date the
individual is 65 years of age, an amount equal to the amount of the
state or other employer contribution that would be made on behalf of
the annuitant and, if applicable, the annuitant's dependents under
this chapter if the annuitant were eligible to participate under
another provision of Section 1551.102, 1551.111, or 1551.112.
(a-1) The payment made under this section is in addition to
other contributions required under Sections 1551.305, 1551.306,
and 1551.307.
(a-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if [If] the General
Appropriations Act or other similar legislation provides that some
or all of the costs paid under Subsection (a) are payable by a state
contribution [addresses the payment of those costs], those costs
shall be paid in the manner specified by that legislation.
(a-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an institution of
higher education may provide some or all of the costs paid under
Subsection (a) from money appropriated from a fund other than the
general revenue fund or from money available from local sources.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to participation on or
after the effective date of this Act in the state employees group
benefits program established under Chapter 1551, Insurance Code.
Participation in the group benefits program before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law as it exists immediately
before the effective date of this Act and that law is continued in
effect for this purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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