| RETIREMENT |
| Retirement - Employee Class |
| HB 3522 |
Murphy |
Permits the assignment of ERS death benefits to funeral home directors. |
Applies to benefits payable on or after January 1, 2020 |
| SB 1570 |
Flores |
Prevents certain corrections officers from receiving a pension if they are convicted of a felony. |
Applies to offenses committed on or after June 10, 2019 |
| Retirement - JRS Plan 1 and Plan 2 |
| HB 2384 |
Leach |
Judicial pay raises. |
September 1, 2019 |
| Retirement - Law Enforcement and Custodial Officer Supplemental Retirement Fund (LECOSRF) |
| SB 346 |
Zaffirini |
Amends the collection of state criminal court costs, including the costs allocated to LECOSRF. |
January 1, 2020 |
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CHAPTER 615
(Survivor benefits for officers killed in the line of duty)
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| HB 872 |
Hefner |
Adds jailers, county jailers, and guards to the officers eligible for certain Chapter 615 benefits and expands responsibility of employer to notify ERS of certain line of duty deaths. |
September 1, 2019 |
| HB 3635 |
Turner |
Adjusts Chapter 615 benefit annually based on CPI-U |
September 1, 2019 |
| INSURANCE |
| Insurance - Coverages |
| HB 170 |
Bernal |
Requires the GBP to cover diagnostic mammography in the same manner as screening mammography. |
Effective September 1, 2020 |
| Insurance - Pharmacy |
| HB 1584 |
Thompson |
Requires the GBP to cover certain prescription drugs for stage-four advanced, metastatic cancer. |
September 1, 2019 |
| Insurance - Other |
| HB 392 |
Blanco |
Amends Chapter 1552, Insurance Code, to allow ERS to provide long-term care insurance that is
not group insurance. |
September 1, 2019 |
| SB 22 |
Campbell |
Prohibits transactions between a governmental entity and an abortion provider or affiliate. |
September 1, 2019 |
| HB 2894 |
Collier |
Amends Penal Code criminal offense of health care fraud. |
Applies to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2019 |
| SB 1264 |
Hancock |
Provides for arbitration of certain out-of-network claims |
Applies to health care or medical services provided on or after January 1, 2020 |
| OPEN RECORDS |
| SB 943 |
Watson |
Amends the disclosure requirements for certain governmental contracts under the Public Information Act. |
January 1, 2020 |
| INVESTMENTS |
| SB 322 |
Huffman |
Requires retirement systems to select a firm to regularly assess the retirement system's investment
practices and performance. |
June 10, 2019 |
| HB 793 |
King |
Exempts certain small business contracts from the requirement that the contractor certifies that it
does not boycott Israel |
May 7, 2019 |
| FUNDING |
| SB 500 |
Nelson |
Supplemental Appropriations bill. |
June 6, 2019 |
| SB2224 |
Huffman |
Requires public retirement systems, including ERS, to adopt a funding policy |
September 1, 2019 |