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2025 · Regular session · House bill
HB3254
HB3254 lets qualifying current State Board of Education members and their dependents participate in the state employees group benefits program, but without a state contribution toward premiums.
Official caption: Relating to the eligibility of members of the State Board of Education and their dependents to participate in the state employees group benefits program.
Official report lists House author(s): Leo Wilson, Allen, Davis, Aicha, Plesa, Buckley. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.
Bill explanation published · Version and amendment review scope is stated below · Individual amendment records may not be separately annotated.
Bill highlights
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- HB3254 lets qualifying current State Board of Education members and their dependents participate in the state employees group benefits program, but without a state contribution toward premiums.
- The new route covers members not already eligible under Section 1551.109.
- Participation remains subject to existing program rules against materially false applications, misrepresentation and fraud, with possible sanctions such as loss of coverage.
What does it do?
HB3254 lets qualifying current State Board of Education members and their dependents participate in the state employees group benefits program, but without a state contribution toward premiums. Members must apply to the program’s board of trustees and arrange payment of the required contributions. The governor signed June 20, 2025; the act took effect September 1, 2025. Final law; history.
The new route covers members not already eligible under Section 1551.109. That older provision preserves eligibility for certain people participating on August 31, 2003, without a lapse in coverage. HB3254 does not require a new applicant to have participated in 2003 and does not extend its new eligibility route to every former board member. Older continuing-eligibility provision.
Participation remains subject to existing program rules against materially false applications, misrepresentation and fraud, with possible sanctions such as loss of coverage. This is access to the program, not free insurance, an automatic enrollment or a state premium subsidy. Referenced sanctions provision.
What changed along the way?
The filed bill covered the member’s participation in a health benefit plan. The House committee substitute expressly added dependents and broadened the wording to participation in the group benefits program. The prohibition on a state premium contribution remained.
The House-passed, Senate-reported and enrolled versions retained that substitute. The amendment index lists no floor amendments; the change was made in committee. Version index.
For the full amendment record, open the official amendment index.
Official bill versions
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Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?
Eligible board members and dependents gain another benefits option. Participants must arrange premium contributions without a state contribution under this new section. The law does not establish their exact premiums or show that this option will be less expensive than other coverage.
The May 22 fiscal note anticipates no significant state fiscal impact, assuming costs can be absorbed with existing resources, and no local-government fiscal impact. It does not estimate individual household savings. The bill makes no appropriation.
Review boundary: Both sections, all versions and fiscal notes, and both express eligibility cross-references checked. This does not confirm an individual’s enrollment, available plan selection or quoted premium.
Official sources
- Bill history and latest recorded action
- Bill versions, analyses and fiscal notes
- Action history and votes
- Amendment index
Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.
