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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to education employees uniform group health coverage. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1579.101, Insurance Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) The trustee shall offer a coverage plan that is at least |
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as comprehensive as the plan designated as TRS ActiveCare 2 offered |
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on January 1, 2017. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, is |
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amended by adding Sections 1579.2515 and 1579.256 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 1579.2515. ADDITIONAL STATE ASSISTANCE. In addition |
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to the amount contributed under Section 1579.251, the state shall |
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assist employees of participating school districts in the purchase |
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of group health coverage under this chapter by providing for each |
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covered employee: |
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(1) for the 2017-2018 plan year, an amount not less |
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than $900; |
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(2) for the 2018-2019 plan year, an amount not less |
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than $1,800; and |
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(3) for the 2019-2020 plan year and each plan year |
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thereafter, an amount not less than the lesser of: |
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(A) the amount paid for each covered employee in |
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the previous plan year plus $900; or |
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(B) the amount that, when added to the |
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contribution under Section 1579.251 and the minimum required |
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contribution under Section 1579.252 by a participating school |
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district, equals 70 percent of total contributions made for |
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employee-only coverage under the plan described by Section |
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1579.101(e). |
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Sec. 1579.256. BIENNIAL ESTIMATE. Not later than December |
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1 of each even-numbered year, the trustee shall submit to the |
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Legislative Budget Board an estimate of the amount of contributions |
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expected to be received for the coverage plan designated as TRS |
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Activ |
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eCare 2 for the next two fiscal years. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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plan year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |