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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 514L.1 RACING AND GAMING
1 2 EMPLOYERS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE.
1 3 1. A licensee under chapter 99D or 99F shall provide
1 4 coverage for health insurance for its employees and its
1 5 employees' families.
1 6 2. The licensee may provide a self-funded employer-
1 7 sponsored health benefit plan qualified under the federal
1 8 Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or it may
1 9 contract with one or more of the following entities:
1 10 a. A nonprofit corporation operating under the provisions
1 11 of chapter 514 with respect to any hospital or medical service
1 12 plan.
1 13 b. An insurance company having a certificate of authority
1 14 to transact an insurance business in this state with respect
1 15 to a group health insurance plan.
1 16 c. A health maintenance organization operating pursuant to
1 17 chapter 514B.
1 18 d. An organized delivery system authorized under 1993 Iowa
1 19 Acts, chapter 158, and licensed by the director of public
1 20 health to operate in this state.
1 21 3. The licensee shall pay one hundred percent of the
1 22 annual premium charged for the health insurance coverage for
1 23 each employee and the employee's family. Employee wages shall
1 24 not be reduced, and employees shall not otherwise be assessed
1 25 to pay for all or any part of the insurance premium.
1 26 4. Participation in any such plan by individual employees
1 27 shall be optional. The decision by an employee to participate
1 28 shall be in writing signed by the employee and filed with the
1 29 employer. Neither the employer nor any person acting on
1 30 behalf of or at the direction of the employer may interfere
1 31 with, restrain, coerce, intimidate, or harass any employee
1 32 with respect to the exercise of the employee's rights under
1 33 this section.
1 34 5. The word "employee" as used in this section does not
1 35 include temporary or retired employees except as otherwise
2 1 provided by rule adopted pursuant to this section.
2 2 6. All amounts payable to employees under and pursuant to
2 3 the plan of group insurance established under this section
2 4 shall be exempt from liability for debts of the person to or
2 5 on account of whom the same is payable and shall not be
2 6 subject to seizure upon execution or other process.
2 7 7. The commissioner of insurance shall adopt rules
2 8 pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary for the administration of
2 9 this section.
2 10 EXPLANATION
2 11 This bill provides that racing and gaming licensees under
2 12 Code chapters 99D and 99F shall be required to provide health
2 13 insurance plans for their employees and their employees'
2 14 families, and shall pay 100 percent of the applicable premium
2 15 for the health care coverage.
2 16 The bill provides that participation in the health
2 17 insurance plan is optional, and must be evidenced by a written
2 18 decision to participate by the employee, but that the employer
2 19 must not coerce or intimidate the employee in order to prevent
2 20 or discourage the employee from exercising the option to
2 21 participate in the insurance plan, either directly or through
2 22 another person.
2 23 The bill provides that the word "employee" does not include
2 24 temporary or retired employees except as otherwise provided by
2 25 rule.
2 26 All amounts payable to employees pursuant to the plan of
2 27 group insurance are exempt from liability for debts of the
2 28 employee, and cannot be seized by execution or other legal
2 29 process.
2 30 The commissioner of insurance is required to adopt rules as
2 31 necessary to implement and administer the section.
2 32 LSB 1034SS 79
2 33 jj/cls/14
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