H.B. No. 2127

	AN ACT
	relating to the eligibility of certain employees of public
	institutions of higher education to participate in a state group
	benefits program.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 1551.1021, Insurance Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
	follows:
	(a)  An adjunct faculty member at a public institution of
	higher education is eligible to participate in the group benefits
	program as an employee if the faculty member:
	(1)  receives compensation for services rendered to a
	public institution of higher education as an adjunct faculty
	member;
	(2)  was [has been] employed as a faculty member by the
	same public institution of higher education and [has] taught at
	least one course in the [each] regular fall and spring semester at
	the public institution of higher education in [each of] the
	preceding [three] academic year [years]; and
	(3)  is under contract or is scheduled to teach at least
	12 semester credit hours in the academic year of coverage or, if the
	person is also employed by the public institution of higher
	education to perform nonteaching duties, is under contract or is
	scheduled to teach at least six semester credit hours in the
	academic year of coverage and has been approved by the public
	institution of higher education to participate in the group
	benefits program.
	(a-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(3), an adjunct faculty
	member at a public institution of higher education who is a
	professional librarian is eligible to participate in the group
	benefits program as an employee if the faculty member receives
	compensation for services rendered to a public institution of
	higher education as an adjunct faculty member.
	SECTION 2.  The board of trustees of the Employees
	Retirement System of Texas shall include coverage under Section
	1551.1021, Insurance Code, as amended by this Act, in an insurance
	policy or contract or evidence of coverage delivered, issued for
	delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2014. The board of
	trustees may include coverage under Section 1551.1021, Insurance
	Code, as amended by this Act, in an insurance policy or contract or
	an evidence of coverage delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed
	before January 1, 2014, if the board of trustees determines that the
	coverage may reasonably be included.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2127 was passed by the House on May 4,
	2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 116, Nays 12, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2127 was passed by the Senate on May
	17, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 23, Nays 7.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor