HF 2549 (LSB 5964HV (1) 88)

HOUSE FILE 2549

BY  COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 654)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to health insurance by certain peace officers of the department of public safety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  80.7  Peace officers —— health insurance.
   1.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, peace officers employed within the department that are not covered under a collective bargaining agreement shall have the option to participate in the group health insurance plan that is negotiated under chapter 20 between the state and the state police officers council labor union for peace officers.
   2.  The department shall calculate the savings to the department for peace officers exercising the option to participate in the group health insurance plan pursuant to subsection 1. The department shall transfer to the special investigations fund created in section 80.48 from moneys appropriated to the department an amount equal to the savings calculated by the department.
    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  80.48  Special investigations fund.
   1.  A special investigations fund is established in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of moneys transferred to the fund pursuant to section 80.7.
   2.  Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for purposes of paying for departmental personnel to investigate unsolved homicides and sexual assaults.
   3.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill allows peace officers employed within the department of public safety that are not covered under a collective bargaining agreement to have the option to participate in the group health insurance plan that is negotiated between the state and the state police officers council labor union for peace officers. The bill provides that the department shall calculate the savings to the department for peace officers exercising the option provided by the bill and directs the department to transfer moneys to a new special investigations fund created by the bill in an amount equal to the savings. The bill creates a new special investigations fund and provides that moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for purposes of paying for departmental personnel to investigate unsolved homicides and sexual assaults.