House Amendment 1480


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     1  1    Amend House File 868 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 59, by inserting after line 8 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4                      <DIVISION XIV
     1  5           HEALTH CARE INSURANCE EXPENDITURES
     1  6    Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  84A.11  HEALTH CARE
     1  7 INSURANCE EXPENDITURES ASSESSMENT.
     1  8    1.  By January 31 of each year, a for=profit
     1  9 employer with more than fifteen thousand employees
     1 10 shall file a report with the department of workforce
     1 11 development identifying all of the following:
     1 12    a.  The total amount of wages paid to employees
     1 13 during the previous calendar year.
     1 14    b.  The total amount of health care insurance
     1 15 expenditures paid by the employer during the previous
     1 16 calendar year for the benefit of employees.  "Health
     1 17 care insurance" includes insurance for medical care,
     1 18 prescription drugs, vision care, dental care, and
     1 19 other costs to provide health care insurance benefits.
     1 20    2.  At the same time the report required under
     1 21 subsection 1 is filed with the department of workforce
     1 22 development, if the amount reported for the previous
     1 23 calendar year pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph "b",
     1 24 is less than eight percent of the amount reported for
     1 25 the previous calendar year pursuant to subsection 1,
     1 26 paragraph "a", the employer shall be assessed an
     1 27 amount equal to the difference of eight percent of the
     1 28 amount reported for the previous calendar year
     1 29 pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph "a", and the
     1 30 amount reported for the previous calendar year
     1 31 pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph "b".  An
     1 32 assessment under this section shall be remitted to the
     1 33 department of workforce development for deposit in the
     1 34 medical assistance fund of the department of human
     1 35 services.  An employer shall not deduct any assessment
     1 36 paid pursuant to this subsection from wages paid to
     1 37 employees.
     1 38    3.  An employer failing to meet a requirement of
     1 39 this section may be assessed a civil penalty not to
     1 40 exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars for any
     1 41 violation.>
     1 42 #2.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
     1 43 word <assistance> the following:  <, assessments,>.
     1 44 #3.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 46
     1 47                               
     1 48 MASCHER of Johnson
     1 49 HF 868.304 81
     1 50 tm/cf/2855

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