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PAG LIN 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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