SF 137 (LSB 1779XS (3) 85)

SENATE FILE 137

BY  BREITBACH, KAPUCIAN, SEGEBART, GREINER, ROZENBOOM, SINCLAIR, GUTH, BOETTGER, ZUMBACH, and WHITVER

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning payment of health insurance premium costs by members of the general assembly.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 2.40, subsection 1, paragraph a, subparagraph (2), Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  The member shall pay the premium for the plan selected on the same basis as a full-time state employee excluded from collective bargaining as provided in chapter 20.

However, the member shall pay at least twenty percent of the total premium for the plan selected.
EXPLANATION
   This bill provides that members of the general assembly who become a member of the state group insurance plan for employees of the state established under Code chapter 509A shall pay at least 20 percent of the total premium cost for the plan selected.