Tex. Ins. Code § 1551.222 · Subchapter E. GROUP COVERAGES
INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board of trustees may allow an incentive payment under this section to an employee or annuitant who elects to waive coverage under the basic coverage plan for employees or annuitants as provided by Section 1551.1045(b) or (c).
(b) The incentive payment authorized by this section is in the amount authorized by the General Appropriations Act and may be used by the employee or annuitant, in the manner prescribed by the board of trustees, only to pay for other group coverage plans provided under the group benefits program, including the supplemental health coverage offered under Section 1551.221.
(c) The board of trustees, at the time of initial enrollment in the group benefits program and during subsequent open-enrollment periods, shall inform employees and annuitants that they may make an election described by Subsection (a), if eligible, and receive any authorized incentive payment.
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History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 899 (S.B. 1863), Sec. 4.03, eff. August 29, 2005.
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