86R16408 MEW-F
 
  By: Reynolds H.B. No. 4222
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to health coverage for employees of a municipal school
  district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1579.156 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1579.156.  PARTICIPATION BY MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
  (a)  A municipal school district, as described by Section 11.303,
  Education Code, may:
               (1)  elect to participate in the program; or
               (2)  notwithstanding any previous election or
  requirement to participate in the program, provide health coverage
  to the district's employees through the health coverage plan
  provided to the employees of the municipality in which the district
  is located.
         (b)  If a municipal school district that participates in the
  program elects to provide health coverage under Subsection (a)(2),
  the municipal school district shall withdraw from the program by
  notifying the trustee in writing that the district is withdrawing
  from the program.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.