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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 12, by striking lines 8 through 21, and 1 4 inserting the following: 1 5 "Sec. . STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS – 1 6 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 1 7 1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and 1 8 ending June 30, 2002, the department of personnel 1 9 shall include a monthly administration charge of $2.00 1 10 per contract on all health insurance plans 1 11 administered by the department. This is an 1 12 administration fee attributable only to the employer 1 13 share for those employees who are eligible for the 1 14 state share of insurance. If the contract holder is 1 15 without a state employer to pay the fee, the contract 1 16 holder shall not be assessed the fee of $2.00 per 1 17 month. 1 18 2. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and 1 19 ending June 30, 2002, the state board of regents, all 1 20 regional libraries, the state fair board, the 1 21 department of transportation, and the eight judicial 1 22 district departments of correctional services shall 1 23 report and remit the administration charge on a 1 24 monthly basis to the department of revenue and 1 25 finance. The report shall contain the number and type 1 26 of health insurance contracts held by each of its 1 27 employees whose health insurance is administered by 1 28 the department of personnel. 1 29 3. A health insurance administration fund is 1 30 created in the state treasury. The proceeds of the 1 31 monthly administration charge shall be remitted to the 1 32 health insurance administration fund. The department 1 33 of revenue and finance shall collect from each 1 34 department on centralized payroll the administration 1 35 charge each month and shall remit the amount to the 1 36 health insurance administration fund. The department 1 37 of personnel may expend no more than $600,000 from the 1 38 health insurance administration fund for the fiscal 1 39 year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002. 1 40 Any unencumbered or unobligated balance in the health 1 41 insurance administration fund at the end of the fiscal 1 42 year shall be transferred to the health insurance 1 43 surplus fund." 1 44 #2. Page 12, by inserting before line 22, the 1 45 following: 1 46 "Sec. . Section 80.8, unnumbered paragraphs 2 1 47 and 3, Code 2001, are amended to read as follows: 1 48 The commissioner may delegate to themembers of the1 49Iowa state patrolpeace officers of the department 1 50 such additional duties in the enforcement of this 2 1 chapter as the commissioner may deem proper and 2 2 incidental to the duties now imposed upon them by law. 2 3 The salaries of all members and employees of the 2 4 department and the expenses of the department shall be 2 5 provided for by the legislative appropriation 2 6 therefor. The compensation ofthe members of the Iowa2 7state patrolpeace officers of the department shall be 2 8 fixed according to grades as to rank and length of 2 9 service by the commissioner with the approval of the 2 10 governor. Themembers of the Iowa state patrolpeace 2 11 officers shall be paid additional compensation in 2 12 accordance with the following formula: Whenmembers2 13of the Iowa state patrolpeace officers have served 2 14 for a period of five years their compensation then 2 15 being paid shall be increased by the sum of twenty- 2 16 five dollars per month beginning with the month 2 17 succeeding the foregoing described five-year period; 2 18 whenmembers thereofpeace officers have served for a 2 19 period of ten years their compensation then being paid 2 20 shall be increased by the sum of twenty-five dollars 2 21 per month beginning with the month succeeding the 2 22 foregoing described ten-year period, such sums being 2 23 in addition to the increase provided herein to be paid 2 24 after five years of service; whenmembers thereof2 25 peace officers have served for a period of fifteen 2 26 years their compensation then being paid shall be 2 27 increased by the sum of twenty-five dollars per month 2 28 beginning with the month succeeding the foregoing 2 29 described fifteen-year period, such sums being in 2 30 addition to the increases previously provided for 2 31 herein; whenmembers thereofpeace officers have 2 32 served for a period of twenty years their compensation 2 33 then being paid shall be increased by the sum of 2 34 twenty-five dollars per month beginning with the month 2 35 succeeding the foregoing described twenty-year period, 2 36 such sums being in addition to the increases 2 37 previously provided for herein. While on active duty 2 38 eachmemberpeace officer shall also receive a flat 2 39 daily sum as fixed by the commissioner with the 2 40 approval of the governor for mealswhile away from the2 41office to which the member has been assigned and2 42within the member's district." 2 43 #3. By striking page 12, line 22, through page 13, 2 44 line 8, and inserting the following: 2 45 "Sec. ___. TERMINAL LIABILITY HEALTH INSURANCE 2 46 SURCHARGE. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2 47 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the department of 2 48 personnel shall include in the rates for the Wellmark 2 49 Blue Cross/Blue Shield Program 3 Plus, Wellmark Blue 2 50 Cross/Blue Shield Program 3 plus with a comprehensive 3 1 major medical overlay, and Iowa Select Preferred 3 2 Provider Organization health insurance plans a 3 3 surcharge, as determined by the department of 3 4 management, on only the employer's share of the health 3 5 insurance premium cost to fund the state's share of 3 6 the terminal liability of the existing Wellmark health 3 7 insurance contract. The department of revenue and 3 8 finance shall collect the surcharge from state 3 9 agencies, the state fair board, state board of 3 10 regents, and the eight judicial district departments 3 11 of correctional services. The proceeds of the 3 12 surcharge shall be credited to the terminal liability 3 13 insurance fund. The health insurance plans provided 3 14 to state employees covered by the state police 3 15 officers council collective bargaining agreement are 3 16 exempt from the surcharge provided in this section. 3 17 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 421.46 TERMINAL LIABILITY 3 18 HEALTH INSURANCE FUND. 3 19 1. A terminal liability health insurance fund is 3 20 created in the state treasury under the control of the 3 21 department of personnel. The proceeds of the terminal 3 22 liability health insurance fund shall be used by the 3 23 department of personnel to pay the state's share of 3 24 the terminal liability of the existing health 3 25 insurance contract administered by the department of 3 26 personnel. The moneys appropriated to the terminal 3 27 liability health insurance fund plus any additional 3 28 moneys appropriated or collected pursuant to this Act 3 29 or other Acts of the general assembly shall constitute 3 30 the total amount due to pay the terminal liability 3 31 specified in this section. 3 32 2. The proceeds of the terminal liability health 3 33 insurance fund shall also be used by the department of 3 34 revenue and finance to reimburse state agencies for 3 35 expenditures related to the payment of the health 3 36 insurance plans surcharge for the terminal liability 3 37 of the health insurance contract for state employees. 3 38 The department of revenue and finance shall provide 3 39 guidelines and forms for documentation that a state 3 40 agency shall submit for the health insurance 3 41 reimbursement. The reimbursement shall be restricted 3 42 to the amount of moneys appropriated from the general 3 43 fund of the state that is used to pay the terminal 3 44 liability of health insurance for state employees for 3 45 the fiscal year. 3 46 3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any unencumbered 3 47 or unobligated balance remaining in the terminal 3 48 liability health insurance fund at the close of a 3 49 fiscal year shall not revert. However, upon total 3 50 payment of the terminal liability of the existing 4 1 health insurance contract administered by the 4 2 department of personnel, any remaining balance in the 4 3 terminal liability health insurance fund shall revert 4 4 to the credit of the unassigned revenue fund 4 5 administered by the Iowa comprehensive underground 4 6 storage tank fund board." 4 7 #4. By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating 4 8 and correcting internal references as necessary. 4 9 4 10 4 11 4 12 JEFF LAMBERTI 4 13 HF 746.311 79 4 14 tj/cf
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