Senate File 92 SENATE FILE BY CONNOLLY and KIBBIE Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to utilization of the district management levy to 2 pay the cost of employee health insurance benefits. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2171XS 80 5 rn/cf/24 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 296.7, subsection 3, Code 2003, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 3.AExcept as provided in section 298.4, a school 1 4 district, providing an insurance program as described in 1 5 subsection 2, shall not contract indebtedness and issue 1 6 general obligation bonds or enter into insurance agreements 1 7 obligating the school district to make payments beyond its 1 8 current budget year for that employee benefit plan. A school 1 9 district may, however, apply to the school budget review 1 10 committee for relief if necessitated by the expenses in the 1 11 school district's insurance program as described in subsection 1 12 2. 1 13 Sec. 2. Section 298.4, Code 2003, is amended by adding the 1 14 following new subsection: 1 15 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. To pay the cost of employee health 1 16 benefits. For the purposes of this subsection, employee 1 17 health benefits shall refer to costs for hospital and 1 18 surgical, medical expense, major medical, dental, or 1 19 prescription drug benefits. 1 20 EXPLANATION 1 21 This bill provides that the district management levy 1 22 authorized in Code section 298.4 may be utilized by a school 1 23 district to pay the cost of school district employee health 1 24 benefits. The bill provides that employee health benefits 1 25 include the costs for hospital and surgical, medical expense, 1 26 major medical, dental, or prescription drug benefits. These 1 27 benefits were previously specifically excluded from the list 1 28 of insurance benefits for which a school district is 1 29 authorized to contract indebtedness and issue general 1 30 obligation bonds pursuant to Code section 296.7. 1 31 LSB 2171XS 80 1 32 rn/cf/24 1 33 1 34 1 35