Bill Text: CT HB05057 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning State Employee Retirement And Health Care Benefits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 24-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-05 - Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations [HB05057 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05057-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Proposed Bill No. 5057 |
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February Session, 2016 |
LCO No. 212 | ||||
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Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS |
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Introduced by: |
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REP. ZIOBRON, 34th Dist. SEN. KANE, 32nd Dist. REP. AMAN, 14th Dist. REP. BELSITO, 53rd Dist. REP. BETTS, 78th Dist. REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist. REP. CASE, 63rd Dist. SEN. CHAPIN, 30th Dist. REP. MULLIGAN, 55th Dist. REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist. REP. WILMS, 142nd Dist. REP. TWEEDIE, 13th Dist. |
REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist. REP. FRANCE, 42nd Dist. REP. MINER, 66th Dist. REP. MCGORTY, 122nd Dist. REP. MCCARTY, 38th Dist. SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist. REP. LEGEYT, 17th Dist. REP. LAVIELLE, 143rd Dist. REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist. SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist. REP. FERRARO, 117th Dist. SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist. | ||||
AN ACT CONCERNING STATE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT AND HEALTH CARE BENEFITS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to, effective immediately for all state employees and officials exempt from classified service and applicable to employees included in any collective bargaining agreement negotiated or renewed after the passage of this act: (1) Transition such employees and officials to a defined contribution plan; (2) eliminate longevity pay for such employees and officials; (3) amend health care and prescription drug benefits for such employees and officials to be equal to the average benefits provided in the private sector; and (4) increase the prescription drug copay for such employees and officials from five dollars to ten dollars.
Statement of Purpose:
To close the gap between state employee and private sector benefit plans and to make our state budget responsive to current economic realities.