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1 1 Amend Senate File 2411 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 78, by inserting after line 29 the
1 3 following:
1 4 Sec. 301. PARTICIPATION IN HEALTH OR MEDICAL
1 5 INSURANCE PROGRAMS BY RETIREES AGE FIFTY-FIVE OR
1 6 OLDER.
1 7 1. As used in this section, unless the context
1 8 otherwise requires:
1 9 a. "Health or medical insurance program" means a
1 10 health or medical group insurance plan for employees
1 11 of the state.
1 12 b. "Member" means an employee of the executive
1 13 branch of the state or the judicial branch of the
1 14 state who is a member of the Iowa public employees'
1 15 retirement system or the Iowa department of public
1 16 safety peace officers' retirement, accident, and
1 17 disability system, who at the date of termination of
1 18 employment is receiving full health or medical
1 19 insurance benefits pursuant to a health or medical
1 20 insurance program in which the state makes
1 21 contributions, and is not receiving disability
1 22 payments under the state employees' disability
1 23 insurance program, and who is not a member of the
1 24 general assembly. "Member" does not mean an employee
1 25 of the state board of regents.
1 26 2. A member with at least twenty years of
1 27 membership service who retires on or after July 10,
1 28 2000, and before February 1, 2001, who applies to
1 29 receive retirement benefits under this Act prior to
1 30 February 1, 2001, who has attained at least the age of
1 31 fifty-five at the time of retirement, and who was a
1 32 participant in a health or medical insurance program
1 33 in which the state makes contributions at the time of
1 34 retirement, may continue to participate in the health
1 35 or medical insurance program in which the member is
1 36 enrolled on April 3, 2000, as authorized by law.
1 37 However, a member may choose to participate in a
1 38 health or medical insurance program after April 3,
1 39 2000, which incurs less cost to the state.
1 40 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
1 41 contrary, the member shall remain eligible to
1 42 participate in a health or medical insurance program
1 43 as provided by this section and the state shall
1 44 continue to pay the employer's portion of the premium
1 45 at the cost existing at the time of retirement under
1 46 the program for the retiree until the retiree attains
1 47 the age of sixty-five. Any additional premium costs
1 48 for coverage incurred after the time of retirement
1 49 shall be paid by the retiree. However, in order to
1 50 have the state continue to pay the employer's portion
2 1 of the premium, the member must send written
2 2 notification to the department of personnel at any
2 3 time after the effective date of this section and
2 4 prior to November 1, 2000, of the intent to retire and
2 5 the anticipated date of retirement.
2 6 3. If a member continues participation in a health
2 7 or medical insurance program and the state pays
2 8 premiums as authorized in subsection 2, the member is
2 9 not eligible to accept further employment in which the
2 10 state or a political subdivision of the state is the
2 11 employer. However, this subsection shall not apply to
2 12 a member who is elected to a public office as defined
2 13 in chapter 56.
2 14 4. A state department shall not be required to
2 15 delete more than its proportionate share of all
2 16 general fund full-time equivalent positions vacated
2 17 due to the incentive for retirement established in
2 18 subsection 2. All positions vacated by a member
2 19 exercising the rights established in subsection 2
2 20 shall be deleted, and the savings, as determined by
2 21 the department of management, shall revert to the
2 22 originating fund in a manner specified by the
2 23 department of management, except that the portion of
2 24 the savings which represents the cost of the
2 25 employer's portion of a member's premium payable under
2 26 this section shall not revert but shall be transferred
2 27 to the department of revenue and finance to defray the
2 28 costs of implementing this section. A state
2 29 department may use a portion of the savings related to
2 30 a deleted position to purchase technology or other
2 31 equipment if the department of management determines
2 32 that this purchase is necessary to maintain necessary
2 33 levels of service for the state department. However,
2 34 if an affected department determines that the vacancy
2 35 may be detrimental to critical services provided to
2 36 the public, the affected department may, with the
2 37 approval of the department of management, exchange the
2 38 vacancy with a position or positions determined by the
2 39 department of management to be of an equal value, and
2 40 delete that position or positions. If a position is
2 41 not available for exchange, the department may, with
2 42 the approval of the director of the department of
2 43 management, retain and fill the vacancy. It is the
2 44 intent of the general assembly that retirement taken
2 45 pursuant to this section be used to eliminate the
2 46 greatest number of employment positions as is
2 47 feasible. The department of management shall report
2 48 to the fiscal committee of the legislative council and
2 49 legislative fiscal bureau the number of vacancies
2 50 retained and filled pursuant to this subsection.
3 1 It is the intent of the general assembly that the
3 2 cost of premiums incurred by a state department be
3 3 included within that department's annual budget and be
3 4 paid from originating funds.
3 5 Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 301 of this
3 6 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
3 7 effect upon enactment."
3 8 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
3 9
3 10
3 11
3 12 MATT McCOY
3 13 SF 2411.507 78
3 14 ec/as
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