82R2050 AJA-D     By: Cook H.B. No. 755         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.