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        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to eligibility to participate in health benefit programs | 
      
        |  | for certain state employees reemployed after military service. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Section 1551.1055, Insurance Code, is amended by | 
      
        |  | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as | 
      
        |  | follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), [ or] (d), or (e), | 
      
        |  | eligibility under Section 1551.101 begins not later than the 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. | 
      
        |  | (e)  Eligibility under Section 1551.101 for an employee | 
      
        |  | reemployed under Chapter 613, Government Code, begins on the first | 
      
        |  | day of reemployment on which the employee performs services for a | 
      
        |  | state agency. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  Section 1601.1045, Insurance Code, is amended by | 
      
        |  | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as | 
      
        |  | follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), [ or] (d), or (e), | 
      
        |  | eligibility under Section 1601.101 begins on the first day of the | 
      
        |  | calendar month that begins after the 90th day after the date the | 
      
        |  | employee performs services for a system. | 
      
        |  | (e)  Eligibility under Section 1601.101 for an employee | 
      
        |  | reemployed under Chapter 613, Government Code, begins on the first | 
      
        |  | day of reemployment on which the employee performs services for a | 
      
        |  | system. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
      
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        |  | I certify that H.B. No. 437 was passed by the House on March | 
      
        |  | 19, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not | 
      
        |  | voting. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
      
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        |  | I certify that H.B. No. 437 was passed by the Senate on May | 
      
        |  | 15, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
      
        |  | APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
      
        |  | Date | 
      
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        |  | Governor |