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By: Averitt |
S.B. No. 816 |
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(In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2007; March 7, 2007, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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April 10, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 10, 2007, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 816 |
By: Fraser |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of certain educational employees to |
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participate or be enrolled in certain group health benefit |
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programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.004, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (k) and (l) to read as follows: |
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(k) Notwithstanding any other law, an employee of a district |
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participating in the uniform group coverage program under |
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Subsection (a) or providing group health coverage under Subsection |
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(b) whose resignation is effective after the last day of an |
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instructional year is entitled to participate or be enrolled in the |
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uniform group coverage plan or the group health coverage through |
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the first anniversary of the date participation in or coverage |
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under the uniform group coverage plan or the group health coverage |
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was first made available to district employees for the last |
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instructional year in which the employee was employed by the |
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district. |
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(l) If an employee's resignation is effective after the last |
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day of an instructional year, the district may not diminish or |
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eliminate the amount of a contribution available to the employee |
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under Chapter 1581, Insurance Code, before the last date on which |
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the employee is entitled to participation or enrollment under |
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Subsection (k). |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with the 2007-2008 school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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