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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 746, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 6, lines 8 and 9, by striking the words 1 4 "but excluding the judicial branch of state 1 5 government". 1 6 #2. Page 6, line 10, by striking the figure 1 7 "46,770,200" and inserting the following: 1 8 "61,270,200". 1 9 #3. Page 7, by inserting after line 2 the 1 10 following: 1 11 " . The collective bargaining agreement 1 12 negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the 1 13 judicial branch of government bargaining unit." 1 14 #4. By striking page 8, line 30, through page 9, 1 15 line 9. 1 16 #5. Page 10, by striking line 6 and inserting the 1 17 following: "state except for employees of the state 1 18 board of regents. The funds appropriated from the 1 19 general fund of the state for employees of the state 1 20 board of regents shall exclude general university 1 21 indirect costs and general university federal funds." 1 22 #6. Page 12, by striking lines 8 through 21, and 1 23 inserting the following: 1 24 "Sec. . STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS – 1 25 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 1 26 1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and 1 27 ending June 30, 2002, the department of personnel 1 28 shall include a monthly administration charge of $2.00 1 29 per contract on all health insurance plans 1 30 administered by the department. This is an 1 31 administration fee attributable only to the employer 1 32 share for those employees who are eligible for the 1 33 state share of insurance. If the contract holder is 1 34 without a state employer to pay the fee, the contract 1 35 holder shall not be assessed the fee of $2.00 per 1 36 month. 1 37 2. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and 1 38 ending June 30, 2002, the state board of regents, all 1 39 regional libraries, the state fair board, the 1 40 department of transportation, and the eight judicial 1 41 district departments of correctional services shall 1 42 report and remit the administration charge on a 1 43 monthly basis to the department of revenue and 1 44 finance. The report shall contain the number and type 1 45 of health insurance contracts held by each of its 1 46 employees whose health insurance is administered by 1 47 the department of personnel. 1 48 3. A health insurance administration fund is 1 49 created in the state treasury. The proceeds of the 1 50 monthly administration charge shall be remitted to the 2 1 health insurance administration fund. The department 2 2 of revenue and finance shall collect from each 2 3 department on centralized payroll the administration 2 4 charge each month and shall remit the amount to the 2 5 health insurance administration fund. The department 2 6 of personnel may expend no more than $600,000 from the 2 7 health insurance administration fund for the fiscal 2 8 year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002. 2 9 Any unencumbered or unobligated balance in the health 2 10 insurance administration fund at the end of the fiscal 2 11 year shall be transferred to the health insurance 2 12 surplus fund." 2 13 #7. Page 12, by inserting before line 22, the 2 14 following: 2 15 "Sec. . Section 80.8, unnumbered paragraphs 2 2 16 and 3, Code 2001, are amended to read as follows: 2 17 The commissioner may delegate to themembers of the2 18Iowa state patrolpeace officers of the department 2 19 such additional duties in the enforcement of this 2 20 chapter as the commissioner may deem proper and 2 21 incidental to the duties now imposed upon them by law. 2 22 The salaries of all members and employees of the 2 23 department and the expenses of the department shall be 2 24 provided for by the legislative appropriation 2 25 therefor. The compensation ofthe members of the Iowa2 26state patrolpeace officers of the department shall be 2 27 fixed according to grades as to rank and length of 2 28 service by the commissioner with the approval of the 2 29 governor. Themembers of the Iowa state patrolpeace 2 30 officers shall be paid additional compensation in 2 31 accordance with the following formula: Whenmembers2 32of the Iowa state patrolpeace officers have served 2 33 for a period of five years their compensation then 2 34 being paid shall be increased by the sum of twenty- 2 35 five dollars per month beginning with the month 2 36 succeeding the foregoing described five-year period; 2 37 whenmembers thereofpeace officers have served for a 2 38 period of ten years their compensation then being paid 2 39 shall be increased by the sum of twenty-five dollars 2 40 per month beginning with the month succeeding the 2 41 foregoing described ten-year period, such sums being 2 42 in addition to the increase provided herein to be paid 2 43 after five years of service; whenmembers thereof2 44 peace officers have served for a period of fifteen 2 45 years their compensation then being paid shall be 2 46 increased by the sum of twenty-five dollars per month 2 47 beginning with the month succeeding the foregoing 2 48 described fifteen-year period, such sums being in 2 49 addition to the increases previously provided for 2 50 herein; whenmembers thereofpeace officers have 3 1 served for a period of twenty years their compensation 3 2 then being paid shall be increased by the sum of 3 3 twenty-five dollars per month beginning with the month 3 4 succeeding the foregoing described twenty-year period, 3 5 such sums being in addition to the increases 3 6 previously provided for herein. While on active duty 3 7 eachmemberpeace officer shall also receive a flat 3 8 daily sum as fixed by the commissioner with the 3 9 approval of the governor for mealswhile away from the3 10office to which the member has been assigned and3 11within the member's district." 3 12 #8. By striking page 12, line 22, through page 13, 3 13 line 8, and inserting the following: 3 14 "Sec. ___. TERMINAL LIABILITY HEALTH INSURANCE 3 15 SURCHARGE. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 3 16 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the department of 3 17 personnel shall include in the rates for the Wellmark 3 18 Blue Cross/Blue Shield Program 3 Plus, Wellmark Blue 3 19 Cross/Blue Shield Program 3 plus with a comprehensive 3 20 major medical overlay, and Iowa Select Preferred 3 21 Provider Organization health insurance plans a 3 22 surcharge, as determined by the department of 3 23 management, on only the employer's share of the health 3 24 insurance premium cost to fund the state's share of 3 25 the terminal liability of the existing Wellmark health 3 26 insurance contract. The department of revenue and 3 27 finance shall collect the surcharge from state 3 28 agencies, the state fair board, state board of 3 29 regents, and the eight judicial district departments 3 30 of correctional services. The proceeds of the 3 31 surcharge shall be credited to the terminal liability 3 32 insurance fund. The health insurance plans provided 3 33 to state employees covered by the state police 3 34 officers council collective bargaining agreement are 3 35 exempt from the surcharge provided in this section. 3 36 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 421.46 TERMINAL LIABILITY 3 37 HEALTH INSURANCE FUND. 3 38 1. A terminal liability health insurance fund is 3 39 created in the state treasury under the control of the 3 40 department of personnel. The proceeds of the terminal 3 41 liability health insurance fund shall be used by the 3 42 department of personnel to pay the state's share of 3 43 the terminal liability of the existing health 3 44 insurance contract administered by the department of 3 45 personnel. The moneys appropriated to the terminal 3 46 liability health insurance fund plus any additional 3 47 moneys appropriated or collected pursuant to this Act 3 48 or other Acts of the general assembly shall constitute 3 49 the total amount due to pay the terminal liability 3 50 specified in this section. 4 1 2. The proceeds of the terminal liability health 4 2 insurance fund shall also be used by the department of 4 3 revenue and finance to reimburse state agencies for 4 4 expenditures related to the payment of the health 4 5 insurance plans surcharge for the terminal liability 4 6 of the health insurance contract for state employees. 4 7 The department of revenue and finance shall provide 4 8 guidelines and forms for documentation that a state 4 9 agency shall submit for the health insurance 4 10 reimbursement. The reimbursement shall be restricted 4 11 to the amount of moneys appropriated from the general 4 12 fund of the state that is used to pay the terminal 4 13 liability of health insurance for state employees for 4 14 the fiscal year. 4 15 3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any unencumbered 4 16 or unobligated balance remaining in the terminal 4 17 liability health insurance fund at the close of a 4 18 fiscal year shall not revert. However, upon total 4 19 payment of the terminal liability of the existing 4 20 health insurance contract administered by the 4 21 department of personnel, any remaining balance in the 4 22 terminal liability health insurance fund shall revert 4 23 to the credit of the unassigned revenue fund 4 24 administered by the Iowa comprehensive underground 4 25 storage tank fund board." 4 26 #9. By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating 4 27 and correcting internal references as necessary. 4 28 HF 746S 4 29 tj/cc/26
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