By: Cook (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 755          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 7, 2011;   April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State   Affairs; May 6, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 6, 2011, sent to printer.)     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to eligibility of certain dependents for coverage under   the state employee group benefits program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 1551.004(a), Insurance Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  In this chapter, "dependent" with respect to an   individual eligible to participate in the group benefits program   under Section 1551.101 or 1551.102 means the individual's:                (1)  spouse;                (2)  unmarried child younger than 25 years of age;                (3)  child of any age who the board of trustees   determines lives with or has the child's care provided by the   individual on a regular basis if:                      (A)  the child is mentally retarded or physically   incapacitated to the extent that the child is dependent on the   individual for care or support, as determined by the board of   trustees;                      (B)  the child's coverage under this chapter has   not lapsed; and                      (C)  the child is at least 25 years old and:                            (i)  was enrolled as a participant in the   health benefits coverage under the group benefits program on the   date of the child's 25th birthday; or                            (ii)  on the date the individual became   eligible to participate in the group benefits program, was enrolled   as the individual's dependent in health benefits coverage under   Chapter 1575, 1579, or 1601 or in continuation of that dependent   coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act   of 1985 (Pub. L. No. 99-272) and its subsequent amendments;                (4)  child of any age who is unmarried, for purposes of   health benefit coverage under this chapter, on expiration of the   child's continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus   Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (Pub. L. No. 99-272) and its   subsequent amendments; and                (5)  ward, as that term is defined by Section 601, Texas   Probate Code.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.     * * * * *