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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of certain educational employees to |
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participate or be enrolled in certain group health benefit |
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programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.004, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (k) and (l) to read as follows: |
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(k) Notwithstanding any other law, an employee of a district |
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participating in the uniform group coverage program under |
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Subsection (a) or providing group health coverage under Subsection |
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(b) whose resignation is effective after the last day of an |
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instructional year is entitled to participate or be enrolled in the |
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uniform group coverage plan or the group health coverage through |
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the first anniversary of the date participation in or coverage |
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under the uniform group coverage plan or the group health coverage |
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was first made available to district employees for the last |
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instructional year in which the employee was employed by the |
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district. |
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(l) If an employee's resignation is effective after the last |
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day of an instructional year, the district may not diminish or |
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eliminate the amount of a contribution available to the employee |
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under Chapter 1581, Insurance Code, before the last date on which |
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the employee is entitled to participation or enrollment under |
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Subsection (k). |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with the 2007-2008 school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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____________________________________________________________ |
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President of the SenateSpeaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 973 was passed by the House on April |
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12, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 973 was passed by the Senate on May 3, |
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2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |