House File 2354 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY STRUYK, HUSER, DANDEKAR,
and MERTZ
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act permitting public safety employees who receive an
2 accidental disability retirement to become a member of the
3 state's group insurance plan.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 97A.14B MEMBERSHIP IN STATE
1 2 INSURANCE PLANS.
1 3 1. A member who is retired for an accidental disability
1 4 under this chapter may elect to become a member of a state
1 5 group insurance plan for employees of the state established
1 6 under chapter 509A subject to the following conditions:
1 7 a. The member shall be eligible for all state group
1 8 insurance plans on the basis of enrollment rules established
1 9 for full=time state employees excluded from collective
1 10 bargaining as provided in chapter 20.
1 11 b. The member shall pay the premium for the plan selected
1 12 at the member's expense.
1 13 c. The premium rate shall be the same as the premium rate
1 14 paid by the state and a state employee for the plan selected.
1 15 d. Program and coverage change selections shall be subject
1 16 to the enrollment rules established for full=time state
1 17 employees excluded from collective bargaining as provided in
1 18 chapter 20.
1 19 2. The member shall remain eligible to be a member of a
1 20 state group insurance plan pursuant to this section until the
1 21 member no longer is eligible to receive a retirement allowance
1 22 for an accidental disability or the member attains sixty=five
1 23 years of age, whichever first occurs.
1 24 3. A member who elects to become a member of a state
1 25 health or medical group insurance plan pursuant to this
1 26 section shall be exempt from preexisting medical condition
1 27 waiting periods.
1 28 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 97B.50B MEMBERSHIP IN STATE
1 29 INSURANCE PLANS FOR SPECIAL SERVICE MEMBERS.
1 30 1. A special service member who is retired for an in=
1 31 service disability pursuant to section 97B.50A may elect to
1 32 become a member of a state group insurance plan for employees
1 33 of the state established under chapter 509A subject to the
1 34 following conditions:
1 35 a. The special service member shall be eligible for all
2 1 state group insurance plans on the basis of enrollment rules
2 2 established for full=time state employees excluded from
2 3 collective bargaining as provided in chapter 20.
2 4 b. The special service member shall pay the premium for
2 5 the plan selected at the member's expense.
2 6 c. The premium rate shall be the same as the premium rate
2 7 paid by the state and a state employee for the plan selected.
2 8 d. Program and coverage change selections shall be subject
2 9 to the enrollment rules established for full=time state
2 10 employees excluded from collective bargaining as provided in
2 11 chapter 20.
2 12 2. The special service member shall remain eligible to be
2 13 a member of a state group insurance plan pursuant to this
2 14 section until the member no longer is eligible to receive a
2 15 retirement allowance for an in=service disability or the
2 16 member attains sixty=five years of age, whichever first
2 17 occurs.
2 18 3. A special service member who elects to become a member
2 19 of a state health or medical group insurance plan pursuant to
2 20 this section shall be exempt from preexisting medical
2 21 condition waiting periods.
2 22 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 411.15A MEMBERSHIP IN STATE
2 23 INSURANCE PLANS.
2 24 1. A member who is retired for an accidental disability
2 25 under this chapter may elect to become a member of a state
2 26 group insurance plan for employees of the state established
2 27 under chapter 509A subject to the following conditions:
2 28 a. The member shall be eligible for all state group
2 29 insurance plans on the basis of enrollment rules established
2 30 for full=time state employees excluded from collective
2 31 bargaining as provided in chapter 20.
2 32 b. The member shall pay the premium for the plan selected
2 33 at the member's expense.
2 34 c. The premium rate shall be the same as the premium rate
2 35 paid by the state and a state employee for the plan selected.
3 1 d. Program and coverage change selections shall be subject
3 2 to the enrollment rules established for full=time state
3 3 employees excluded from collective bargaining as provided in
3 4 chapter 20.
3 5 2. The member shall remain eligible to be a member of a
3 6 state group insurance plan pursuant to this section until the
3 7 member no longer is eligible to receive a retirement allowance
3 8 for an accidental disability or the member attains sixty=five
3 9 years of age, whichever first occurs.
3 10 3. A member who elects to become a member of a state
3 11 health or medical group insurance plan pursuant to this
3 12 section shall be exempt from preexisting medical condition
3 13 waiting periods.
3 14 EXPLANATION
3 15 This bill provides that members of the Iowa department of
3 16 public safety peace officers' retirement, accident, and
3 17 disability system created in Code chapter 97A, the statewide
3 18 fire and police retirement system established in Code chapter
3 19 411, and special service members of the Iowa public employees'
3 20 retirement system who receive a retirement allowance for a
3 21 disability incurred in the line of duty under Code chapter 97B
3 22 are eligible to become a member of the state group insurance
3 23 plan. The bill provides that the member remains eligible
3 24 until the member no longer receives a disability retirement
3 25 allowance or the member attains age 65, whichever first
3 26 occurs. The bill provides that the same plans available to
3 27 noncontract state employees are available but that the member
3 28 is required to pay the full premium cost of the plan selected.
3 29 The bill also provides that the member electing coverage shall
3 30 be exempt from preexisting medical condition waiting periods.
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