86R4952 LED-D
 
  By: Bowers H.B. No. 2433
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to enrollment of certain retirees in the Texas Public
  School Employees Group Insurance Program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1575.161, Insurance Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows:
         (b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the trustee by rule
  shall provide one opportunity to reenroll in a health benefit plan
  offered under the group program for an otherwise eligible retiree:
               (1)  who is eligible to enroll in Medicare;
               (2)  whose initial enrollment was voluntarily
  terminated on or after January 1, 2018, and on or before January 1,
  2020; and
               (3)  who opts to reenroll on or before December 31,
  2023.
         (c)  Subsection (b) and this subsection expire September 1,
  2024.
         SECTION 2.  (a) Not later than November 1, 2019, the Teacher
  Retirement System of Texas shall adopt rules necessary to implement
  Section 1575.161(b), Insurance Code, as added by this Act.
         (b)  Rules adopted by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
  under Section 1575.161(b), Insurance Code, as added by this Act,
  must apply to a retiree described by that subsection, regardless of
  whether the termination of the retiree's initial enrollment
  occurred before, on, or after the effective date of the rules or
  this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.