Text: SF00385 Text: SF00387 Text: SF00300 - SF00399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 386 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 REQUIRING THE INSURANCE DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 1 5 TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM TEAM STUDY AND 1 6 TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. SCHOOL HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM TEAM STUDY. The 1 11 insurance division of the department of commerce shall 1 12 establish a school health insurance reform team. The school 1 13 health insurance reform team shall conduct a study to review 1 14 the availability of affordable health insurance coverage for 1 15 school district employees, insurance ratings practices, the 1 16 establishment of continuity of coverage for school districts 1 17 and their employees, and methods to improve the efficiency and 1 18 fairness of the health insurance marketplace for school 1 19 districts and their employees. The study shall include a 1 20 comparison of health insurance coverage that is offered to 1 21 school district employees, to other public employees, and to 1 22 employees in the private sector. The school health insurance 1 23 reform team shall examine the feasibility of the following: 1 24 1. Establishing a premium rating system based on the 1 25 statewide health status, claims experience, and other 1 26 demographic characteristics of school district employees. 1 27 2. Establishing basic or standard health benefit plans 1 28 with benefit levels, cost-sharing levels, exclusions, and 1 29 limitations available to all school districts and their 1 30 employees. 1 31 3. Establishing uniform coverage plans with benefit 1 32 coverages that may be added to the basic or standard plans, at 1 33 the option of a school district. 1 34 4. Establishing restrictions on premium rates and rate 1 35 increases. 2 1 5. Establishing a school district health reinsurance 2 2 program. 2 3 The commissioner of insurance shall select the members of 2 4 the school health insurance reform team which shall include a 2 5 representative of a school district with fewer than six 2 6 hundred students, a representative of a school district with 2 7 six hundred to nine hundred ninety-nine students, a 2 8 representative of a school district with one thousand or more 2 9 students, a representative of the Iowa association of school 2 10 boards, a representative of a collective bargaining 2 11 organization that represents school district employees, a 2 12 representative of a health insurance carrier, a representative 2 13 of a health insurance provider, a representative of an area 2 14 education agency, and others, who, in the opinion of the 2 15 commissioner, have expertise that would assist the team in 2 16 accomplishing its purpose. 2 17 The commissioner shall submit a report to the general 2 18 assembly on or before January 15, 2004, regarding the team's 2 19 findings and recommendations, including proposed legislation, 2 20 concerning health insurance coverage for school districts and 2 21 their employees. 2 22 2 23 2 24 2 25 MARY E. KRAMER 2 26 President of the Senate 2 27 2 28 2 29 2 30 CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS 2 31 Speaker of the House 2 32 2 33 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 2 34 is known as Senate File 386, Eightieth General Assembly. 2 35 3 1 3 2 3 3 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 3 4 Secretary of the Senate 3 5 Approved , 2003 3 6 3 7 3 8 3 9 THOMAS J. VILSACK 3 10 Governor
Text: SF00385 Text: SF00387 Text: SF00300 - SF00399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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