81R2420 TJS-D

By: Davis, Wendy S.B. No. 905

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the date on which eligibility for benefits begins under certain programs for governmental employees and retirees.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Sections 1551.1055(a) and (b), Insurance Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (d), eligibility under Section 1551.101 begins on the first day of the calendar month that begins after the 45th [90th] day after the date the employee performs services for a state agency or is qualified for and begins to hold elected or appointed office.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), eligibility under Section 1551.102, for an individual who does not retire at the end of the last month for which the individual is on the payroll of a state agency before retirement, begins on the first day of the calendar month that begins after the 45th [90th] day after the date the individual retires.

SECTION 2. Sections 1601.1045(a) and (b), Insurance Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (d), eligibility under Section 1601.101 begins on the first day of the calendar month that begins after the 45th [90th] day after the date the employee performs services for a system.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), eligibility under Section 1601.102, for an individual who does not retire at the end of the last month for which the individual is on the payroll of a system before retirement, begins on the first day of the calendar month that begins after the 45th [90th] day after the date the individual retires.

SECTION 3. A waiting period that, immediately before the effective date of this Act, is applicable to an individual under Section 1551.1055 or 1601.1045, Insurance Code, as those sections existed before amendment by this Act, terminates on the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.