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What Gov. Lee’s Proposed Budget Means for State Employees
Gov. Lee’s State of the State address and proposed budgetLast night Gov Bill Lee gave his first state of the state address outlining the priorities of his proposed state budget. [&hellip
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DCS Caseloads Bill passes House Children and Families Subcommittee
The House Children & Families Subcommittee today (3-5-19) unanimously passed an amended version of HB0921, the DCS Caseloads bill, on to the House Judiciary Committee. This is the first step [&hellip
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Legislative Update – Week Ending 3-1-19
Governor Bill Lee will present his State of the State speech Monday March 4, 2019 at 6 p.m. Central. We expect Governor Lee to announce a couple of initiatives that [&hellip
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State Revenues for January 2019
The state has announced revenues for January totaled $1.4 billion, which is $28.8 million more than budgeted and 2.81 percent greater than revenues received in January 2018. Year-to-date revenues for [&hellip
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Legislative Update – Week Ending 2-22-19
TSEA this week met with the new commissioner of DOHR Juan Williams and his staff. We had a good discussion about the longevity and burden of proof bills which are [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update – Week Ending 2-15-19
TSEA representatives met with key House and Senate Chairmen and sponsors of our bills to begin moving our Legislative Agenda through the committee process. Below is a list of bill [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update – Week Ending 2-8-19
TSEA representatives at the State Capitol before this week’s bill filing deadline successfully secured legislative sponsors for all our proposed bills. Below is a list of bill numbers and sponsors [&hellip
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ParTNers for Health Introduces New 2019 Wellness Program
ParTNers for Health has partnered with Active- Health Management, the state’s new wellness vendor, to help members achieve their health goals. And now there are new cash incentives available for [&hellip
Read More »EAP and Behavioral Health Eligibility
EAP services are offered at no cost to those individuals eligible to participate. Receive five EAP visits, per situation, per year at no cost to you. State and Higher Education: [&hellip
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An important message for members enrolled in Cigna Health Insurance
In September of last year, Benefits Administration was informed that Cigna and Tenet Healthcare were terminating their relationship for 2019. This has changed and the organizations have reached an agreement. [&hellip
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