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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 employees of public |
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institutions of higher education to participate in a state group |
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benefits program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1551.1021, Insurance Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) An adjunct faculty member at a public institution of |
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higher education is eligible to participate in the group benefits |
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program as an employee if the faculty member: |
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(1) receives compensation for services rendered to a |
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public institution of higher education as an adjunct faculty |
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member; |
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(2) was [has been] employed as a faculty member by the |
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same public institution of higher education and [has] taught at |
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least one course in the [each] regular fall and spring semester at |
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the public institution of higher education in [each of] the |
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preceding [three] academic year [years]; and |
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(3) is under contract or is scheduled to teach at least |
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12 semester credit hours in the academic year of coverage or, if the |
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person is also employed by the public institution of higher |
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education to perform nonteaching duties, is under contract or is |
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scheduled to teach at least six semester credit hours in the |
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academic year of coverage and has been approved by the public |
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institution of higher education to participate in the group |
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benefits program. |
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(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(3), an adjunct faculty |
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member at a public institution of higher education who is a |
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professional librarian is eligible to participate in the group |
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benefits program as an employee if the faculty member receives |
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compensation for services rendered to a public institution of |
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higher education as an adjunct faculty member. |
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SECTION 2. The board of trustees of the Employees |
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Retirement System of Texas shall include coverage under Section |
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1551.1021, Insurance Code, as amended by this Act, in an insurance |
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policy or contract or evidence of coverage delivered, issued for |
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delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2014. The board of |
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trustees may include coverage under Section 1551.1021, Insurance |
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Code, as amended by this Act, in an insurance policy or contract or |
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an evidence of coverage delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed |
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before January 1, 2014, if the board of trustees determines that the |
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coverage may reasonably be included. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |