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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of certain employees of public |
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institutions of higher education to participate in a state group |
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benefits program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1551.1021, Insurance Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) An adjunct faculty member at a public institution of |
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higher education is eligible to participate in the group benefits |
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program as an employee if the faculty member: |
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(1) receives compensation for services rendered to a |
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public institution of higher education as an adjunct faculty |
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member; and |
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(2) [has been employed as a faculty member by the same
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public institution of higher education and has taught at least one
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course in each regular fall and spring semester at the public
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institution of higher education in each of the preceding three
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academic years; and
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[(3)] is under contract or is scheduled to teach at |
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least nine [12] semester credit hours in the academic year of |
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coverage or, if the person is also employed by the public |
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institution of higher education to perform nonteaching duties, is |
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under contract or is scheduled to teach at least six semester credit |
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hours in the academic year of coverage and has been approved by the |
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public institution of higher education to participate in the group |
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benefits program. |
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(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), an adjunct faculty |
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member at a public institution of higher education who is a |
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professional librarian is eligible to participate in the group |
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benefits program as an employee if the faculty member receives |
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compensation for services rendered to a public institution of |
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higher education as an adjunct faculty member. |
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SECTION 2. The board of trustees of the Employees |
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Retirement System of Texas shall include coverage under Section |
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1551.1021, Insurance Code, as amended by this Act, in an insurance |
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policy or contract or evidence of coverage delivered, issued for |
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delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2014. The board of |
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trustees may include coverage under Section 1551.1021, Insurance |
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Code, as amended by this Act, in an insurance policy or contract or |
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an evidence of coverage delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed |
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before January 1, 2014, if the board of trustees determines that the |
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coverage may reasonably be included. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |