Sec. 1551.211. CONTINGENCY RESERVE FUND FOR SELF-FUNDED COVERAGE. (a) Before the first day of each state fiscal biennium, the board of trustees shall estimate for an average 60-day period during the biennium the expenditures from the employees life, accident, and health insurance and benefits fund anticipated for self-funded coverage plans, considering projected claims and administrative expenses for those plans.
(b) The board of trustees shall place the estimated amount in a contingency reserve fund to provide for adverse fluctuations in claims or administrative expenses.
(c) The board of trustees shall include in each request for legislative appropriations to the group benefits program the amount the board determines to be necessary to maintain the contingency reserve fund at the level required by this section.
(d) The board of trustees may invest and reinvest any portion of the contingency reserve fund under the standard of care provided by Section 815.307, Government Code, considering the functional need to provide for adverse fluctuations in claims or administrative expenses.
(e) The interest on, earnings of, and proceeds from the sale of investments of assets in the contingency reserve fund shall be credited to the fund.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.
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