Bill Text: NH SB152 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to participation in state employees' group insurance by members of the general court.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-09-27 - House Retained Bill - Executive Session: 10/11/2011 10:30 Amendment Legislative Office Building 306 [SB152 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2011-SB152-Introduced.html
SB 152-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
08/10
SENATE BILL 152-FN
AN ACT relative to participation in state employees’ group insurance by members of the general court.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. Houde, Dist 5; Rep. D. Sullivan, Hills 8
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill allows the department of administrative services to determine which group insurance plan members of the general court may participate in.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0528
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to participation in state employees’ group insurance by members of the general court.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Members of the General Court; Insurance Participation. Amend RSA 14-A:6 to read as follows:
14-A:6 Group Insurance Participation.
I. Members of the general court may participate at their own expense in a group health and dental insurance arrangement for members of the general court during their tenure in office. [Such] The group health and dental insurance arrangement for the member shall be either the state employees group insurance plan afforded full-time state employees or state retirees, whichever is determined by the department of administrative services to be appropriate in the circumstances. Participation in such state employees group insurance or retiree plan by a member of the general court shall not be considered by any judicial, administrative, executive or any other body as evidence that a member of the general court is an employee of the state.
II. Notwithstanding the terms of any state employee group insurance contract or other state law to the contrary, members of the general court who have participated in a group health and dental insurance arrangement for members of the general court during their tenure in office, shall elect, within 30 days after they leave the general court, either to continue to participate fully in [that] an arrangement that the department of administrative services determines to be appropriate in the circumstances, for as long as they choose to do so at their own expense, or to discontinue their participation in any plan.
III. The commissioner of the department of administrative services shall invoice and collect amounts due from members under paragraphs I and II of this section. Collected amounts shall be deposited in the employee and retiree benefit risk management fund.
IV. Failure to remit payment for participation pursuant to paragraph I of this section in full within 30 days of billing shall be grounds for terminating benefits, effective with the beginning of the billing period. Reenrollment shall be dependent upon payment of outstanding participation or other amounts.
V. Failure to remit payment in full for participation pursuant to paragraph II above within 30 days of billing shall be grounds for permanently terminating benefits effective upon the beginning of the billing period.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
11-0528
02/10/11
SB 152-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to participation in state employees’ group insurance by members of the general court.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from the Department of Administrative Services. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the Senate Clerk's Office.
