Senate File 156

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  CONNOLLY


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for continuation of group insurance for certain
  2    retired employees of the general assembly, and providing an
  3    applicability date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 509A.13, Code 2003, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    509A.13  CONTINUATION OF GROUP INSURANCE.
  1  4    1.  If a governing body, a county board of supervisors, or
  1  5 a city council has procured for its employees accident,
  1  6 health, or hospitalization insurance, or a medical service
  1  7 plan, or has contracted with a health maintenance organization
  1  8 authorized to do business in this state, the governing body,
  1  9 county board of supervisors, or city council shall allow its
  1 10 employees who retired before attaining sixty=five years of age
  1 11 to continue participation in the group plan or under the group
  1 12 contract at the employee's own expense until the employee
  1 13 attains sixty=five years of age.
  1 14    This section applies to employees who retired on or after
  1 15 January 1, 1981.
  1 16    2.  Employees of the general assembly who have worked
  1 17 through at least fifteen legislative sessions or more and who
  1 18 retire after attaining age fifty=five but prior to attaining
  1 19 age sixty=five shall be eligible to continue group health
  1 20 benefits pursuant to the provisions of this section.
  1 21    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to employees of
  1 22 the general assembly who retire on or after July 1, 2003.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill amends Code section 509A.13, regarding
  1 25 continuation of group insurance for public employees.  The
  1 26 bill amends the Code section to provide expressly for the
  1 27 continuation of group insurance until age 65, at the
  1 28 employee's expense, for legislative employees who retire at
  1 29 age 55 after working at least 15 or more legislative sessions.
  1 30    The bill contains an applicability provision that makes the
  1 31 changes in Code section 509A.13 applicable to employees
  1 32 retiring on or after July 1, 2003.
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