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TX Ins Code § 1601.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter D. Group Coverages|Section 1601.151. Authority to Self-Insure; Exemption From Other Insurance Laws

Sec. 1601.151.  AUTHORITY TO SELF-INSURE;  EXEMPTION FROM OTHER INSURANCE LAWS.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the governing board of a system may:(1)  self-insure a plan provided under this chapter;  and(2)  hire a carrier to administer the system's uniform program.(b)  A plan for which a system provides coverage on a self-insured basis is exempt from any other insurance law of this state that does not expressly apply to that plan or this chapter.(c)  Expenses for the administration of a self-insured plan may come from the contributions of employees and the state after payments for any coverage provided under this chapter have been made.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter D. Group Coverages|Section 1601.152. Cafeteria Plan

Sec. 1601.152.  CAFETERIA PLAN.  (a)  The governing board of a system may develop, implement, and administer a cafeteria plan.(b)  The governing board may include in the cafeteria plan any benefit that may be included in a cafeteria plan under federal law.(c)  The governing board may cooperate and work with and enter into a necessary contract or agreement with an independent and qualified agency, person, or entity to:(1)  develop, implement, or administer a cafeteria plan;  or(2)  assist in those activities.(d)  The governing board may adopt an order terminating the cafeteria plan and providing a procedure for the orderly withdrawal of the system and its employees from the cafeteria plan if the governing board determines that a cafeteria plan adopted under this section is no longer advantageous to the system and its employees.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter D. Group Coverages|Section 1601.153. Systems May Join in Procuring Insurance

Sec. 1601.153.  SYSTEMS MAY JOIN IN PROCURING INSURANCE.  The systems may join together to procure one or more group contracts with an insurance company authorized to engage in business in this state to insure the employees and retired employees of each participating system.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter D. Group Coverages|Section 1601.154. Long-Term Care Coverage

Sec. 1601.154.  LONG-TERM CARE COVERAGE.  (a)  A system may join with a board of trustees that administers the uniform program established under Chapter 1551 or the group program established under Chapter 1575 to provide long-term care insurance coverage.(b)  Each participating board of trustees and the governing board of the system must mutually agree to join together for this purpose, subject to terms that are beneficial to all participants.(c)  A system may not participate in an agreement under this section unless any cost or administrative burden associated with the development or implementation of or communications about the long-term care coverage plan is incidental.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter D. Group Coverages|Section 1601.155. Reinsurance

Sec. 1601.155.  REINSURANCE.  A system may arrange with an administering carrier issuing a policy under this chapter for the reinsurance of portions of the total amount of insurance under the policy with other carriers that elect to participate in the reinsurance.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter E. Payments, Contributions, and Costs|Section 1601.201. Payment for Coverage

Sec. 1601.201.  PAYMENT FOR COVERAGE.  (a)  A system may not contribute more than the amounts specified by this section for coverages provided under the uniform program.(b)  For an employee designated by the system as working 40 or more hours a week, the system may contribute:(1)  the full cost of basic coverage for the employee;  and(2)  not more than 50 percent of the cost of dependent coverage.(c)  For an employee designated by the system as working less than 40 hours a week, including an individual employed by the system in a position that as a condition of employment requires the individual to be enrolled as a student in the system in graduate-level courses, the system, from money appropriated from the general revenue fund, may contribute:(1)  not more than 50 percent of the cost of basic coverage for the employee;  and(2)  not more than 25 percent of the cost of dependent coverage.(d)  Subsection (c) does not prohibit a system from contributing, from money not appropriated from the general revenue fund, amounts in excess of the amount specified by that subsection for:(1)  an individual employed by the system in a position that as a condition of employment requires the individual to be enrolled as a student in the system in graduate level courses; or(2)  an individual who is a tenured faculty member with whom the system has entered into a phased retirement agreement under which the individual will work less than 40 hours a week for a specified period of time at the end of which the individual will retire.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 366, Sec. 4.06, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049 (S.B. 5), Sec. 3.03, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter E. Payments, Contributions, and Costs|Section 1601.202. Fees for Cafeteria Plan

Sec. 1601.202.  FEES FOR CAFETERIA PLAN.  (a)  The governing board of a system may establish a monthly fee in an amount set by the board to be paid by each employee who elects to participate in a cafeteria plan for the purpose of paying the expenses of administering the cafeteria plan.(b)  If the governing board establishes a monthly fee, each employee who participates in the cafeteria plan must authorize payment of the fee by executing a separate payroll deduction agreement or as part of a salary reduction agreement, as determined by the governing board.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter E. Payments, Contributions, and Costs|Section 1601.203. Payment for Coverage for Dependents

Sec. 1601.203.  PAYMENT FOR COVERAGE FOR DEPENDENTS.  Contributions for coverages for a dependent of an individual eligible to participate in the uniform program under Section 1601.101 or 1601.102 required of the participant that exceed the amount of system contributions shall be paid:(1)  by a deduction from the monthly compensation of the participant;(2)  by a reduction of the monthly compensation of the participant in the appropriate amount;  or(3)  in the form and manner the system determines.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter E. Payments, Contributions, and Costs|Section 1601.204. Authorization of Employee Deduction

Sec. 1601.204.  AUTHORIZATION OF EMPLOYEE DEDUCTION.  (a)  Except for a participant who participates in a cafeteria plan, each individual eligible to participate in the uniform program under Section 1601.101 must authorize a deduction from the participant's monthly compensation in an amount equal to the difference between:(1)  the total cost for coverages for which the participant applies;  and(2)  the amount contributed by the system.(b)  The authorization must be:(1)  in writing or performed electronically;  and(2)  in a form satisfactory to the system.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.2041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter E. Payments, Contributions, and Costs|Section 1601.2041. Employee Deduction for Automatic Coverage

Sec. 1601.2041.  EMPLOYEE DEDUCTION FOR AUTOMATIC COVERAGE.  Each individual automatically enrolled in a uniform program under Section 1601.104 is considered to have authorized a deduction from the participant's monthly compensation in an amount equal to the difference between:(1)  the total cost of the employee's basic coverage; and(2)  the amount contributed by the system for the employee's basic coverage.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049 (S.B. 5), Sec. 3.04, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.2042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter E. Payments, Contributions, and Costs|Section 1601.2042. Compensation Insufficient to Cover Deduction

Sec. 1601.2042.  COMPENSATION INSUFFICIENT TO COVER DEDUCTION.  If a participant's monthly compensation from which the participant's contribution is deducted is insufficient to pay the participant's contribution for coverage, the system may adopt rules under which the system considers the coverage to have terminated after the last full month for which the contribution was paid in full, as determined by the system.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1106 (H.B. 4035), Sec. 8, eff. June 15, 2017.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter E. Payments, Contributions, and Costs|Section 1601.205. Employee Payments for Participation in Cafeteria Plan

Sec. 1601.205.  EMPLOYEE PAYMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN CAFETERIA PLAN.  (a)  If an employee elects to participate in a cafeteria plan, the employee must execute a salary reduction agreement under which the employee's monthly compensation will be reduced in an amount equal to the difference between:(1)  the amount appropriated for that purpose in the General Appropriations Act or the system's budget;  and(2)  the cost of the employee's selected coverages for which the employee is eligible to pay under the cafeteria plan.(b)  The employee must execute a salary reduction agreement for any portion of the cost that is not covered by state or system appropriations and cafeteria plan contributions.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.206 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter E. Payments, Contributions, and Costs|Section 1601.206. Payment by Retired Employee

Sec. 1601.206.  PAYMENT BY RETIRED EMPLOYEE.  An individual eligible to participate in the uniform program under Section 1601.102 must execute an agreement and make appropriate contributions in a manner analogous to the requirements adopted under Sections 1601.204 and 1601.205 for an individual eligible to participate in the uniform program under Section 1601.101.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.207 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter E. Payments, Contributions, and Costs|Section 1601.207. System Contributions

Sec. 1601.207.  SYSTEM CONTRIBUTIONS.  A system shall contribute monthly to the cost of each participant's coverage provided under this chapter an amount:(1)  if the participants are compensated from amounts appropriated in the General Appropriations Act, equal to or greater than the amount appropriated for that purpose in the Act;  or(2)  if the participants are compensated from amounts appropriated by the governing board of the system in its official operating budget, an amount equal to the amount appropriated for a participant under the General Appropriations Act.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.208 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter E. Payments, Contributions, and Costs|Section 1601.208. Amount of System Contribution

Sec. 1601.208.  AMOUNT OF SYSTEM CONTRIBUTION.  Not later than November 1 preceding each regular session of the legislature, each system shall certify to the Legislative Budget Board and the budget division of the Governor's Budget and Planning Office the amount necessary to pay the contributions of the system for the coverages provided under this chapter to each employee and retired employee of the system.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.209 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter E. Payments, Contributions, and Costs|Section 1601.209. Order of Precedence of Payment to Survivors

Sec. 1601.209.  ORDER OF PRECEDENCE OF PAYMENT TO SURVIVORS.  (a)  The amount of group life coverages and group accidental death and dismemberment coverages in force for a participant on the date the participant dies shall be paid, on the establishment of a valid claim, to a person surviving the death in the following order of precedence:(1)  to the beneficiary designated by the participant in a signed and witnessed writing received before death by the appropriate office of the applicable system;  or(2)  if a beneficiary is not designated under Subdivision (1), in accordance with the death benefit provisions of Subtitle C, Title 8, Government Code.(b)  For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), a designation, change, or cancellation of a beneficiary in a document, including a will, that is not executed and filed in the manner described by that subsection is not valid.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.210 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter E. Payments, Contributions, and Costs|Section 1601.210. Provision of Necessary Information

Sec. 1601.210.  PROVISION OF NECESSARY INFORMATION.  The Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Optional Retirement Program carriers, and Employees Retirement System of Texas shall provide to each system information the system considers necessary to provide retired employees with the coverages and system contributions provided under this chapter.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.211 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter E. Payments, Contributions, and Costs|Section 1601.211. Liability for Back Contributions for Dropped Coverage

Sec. 1601.211.  LIABILITY FOR BACK CONTRIBUTIONS FOR DROPPED COVERAGE.  (a)  This section applies to a participant in the uniform program for whom appropriate contributions were not made during the entire plan year because of nonpayment of premiums.(b)  As a condition of enrollment in the same coverage for a subsequent plan year, the participant must make a contribution equal to the contributions not made for the plan year for which appropriate contributions were not made during the entire plan year, unless the nonpayment of premiums was related to a qualified change in status, as determined by the system. The payment shall be made in the form and manner determined by the system.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1106 (H.B. 4035), Sec. 8, eff. June 15, 2017.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.251 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter F. Cafeteria Plan Fund|Section 1601.251. System Cafeteria Plan Fund

Sec. 1601.251.  SYSTEM CAFETERIA PLAN FUND.  (a)  The governing board of each system may establish and administer a cafeteria plan fund.(b)  The following shall be credited to the cafeteria plan fund of a system:(1)  salary reduction payments for benefits included in a cafeteria plan adopted under this chapter, other than group coverage plans under the uniform program;(2)  appropriations by the state for the administration of a cafeteria plan;  and(3)  a monthly fee established under Section 1601.202.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.252 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter F. Cafeteria Plan Fund|Section 1601.252. Use of Fund

Sec. 1601.252.  USE OF FUND.  The cafeteria plan fund of a system is available without fiscal year limitation:(1)  for all payments for any benefits included in a cafeteria plan adopted by the system under this chapter other than group coverage plans under the uniform program;  and(2)  for payment of expenses of administering the cafeteria plan.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.253 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter F. Cafeteria Plan Fund|Section 1601.253. Investment of Money in Fund

Sec. 1601.253.  INVESTMENT OF MONEY IN FUND.  (a)  The governing board of a system may invest the money in the system's cafeteria plan fund.(b)  The earnings, including interest, and the proceeds from the sale of the investments become a part of the fund.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.301 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter G. Advisory Committee|Section 1601.301. Advisory Committee

Sec. 1601.301.  ADVISORY COMMITTEE.  An advisory committee for each system shall be selected, serve, and perform duties as provided by this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Ins Code § 1601.302 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Insurance Code|Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages|Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees|Chapter 1601 - Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas A&m University System|Subchapter G. Advisory Committee|Section 1601.302. Election of Members

Sec. 1601.302.  ELECTION OF MEMBERS.  One member of the advisory committee shall be elected from each of the components, units, or agencies of the system:(1)  at times designated by the system;  and(2)  in accordance with general guidelines for the election provided by the system.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.|