{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1575.1582","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1575.1582","heading":"ELIGIBILITY FOR GROUP HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS.","body":"(a) A retiree, dependent, surviving spouse, or surviving dependent child who is not eligible to enroll in Medicare is eligible to enroll in a high deductible health plan offered under the group program, subject to any other applicable eligibility requirements, including requirements established by the trustee, but is not eligible to enroll in another health benefit plan offered under the group program.\n(b) A retiree, dependent, surviving spouse, or surviving dependent child who is eligible to enroll in Medicare is eligible to enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan or a Medicare prescription drug plan offered under the group program, subject to any other applicable eligibility requirements, including requirements established by the trustee, but is not eligible to enroll in another health benefit plan offered under the group program unless authorized by Subsection (c).\n(c) If the trustee makes another health benefit plan available under Section 1575.158(d), any individual otherwise eligible under this section to enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan or Medicare prescription drug plan is eligible to enroll in that health benefit plan.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 712 (H.B. 3976), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES","SUBTITLE H. HEALTH BENEFITS AND OTHER COVERAGES FOR GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 1575. TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM","SUBCHAPTER D. COVERAGES AND PARTICIPATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1575.htm#1575.1582","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"b49291f2af30ef9c6f222e9ef53e11e53709c08d485b3504762e8d938975a48e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1575.158","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1575.159"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}