House File 2611 - Introduced



                                  HOUSE FILE       
                                  BY  COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

                                  (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2238)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act allowing the continuation of group health insurance for
  2    spouses of certain retired public employees.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 509A.13, Code 2007, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    509A.13  CONTINUATION OF GROUP INSURANCE.
  1  4    1.  a.  If a governing body, a county board of supervisors,
  1  5 or 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    b.  This section subsection applies to employees who
  1 15 retired on or after January 1, 1981.
  1 16    2.  If an employee who retired before attaining sixty=five
  1 17 years of age continues to participate in the group plan or
  1 18 under the group contract until the employee attains sixty=five
  1 19 years of age as provided in subsection 1, the governing body,
  1 20 county board of supervisors, or city council may allow the
  1 21 spouse of that employee to elect to continue participation as
  1 22 a member in the group plan or under the group contract at the
  1 23 spouse's own expense until the spouse attains sixty=five years
  1 24 of age.  A spouse who makes such an election shall pay the
  1 25 total premium for the group plan or contract and shall have
  1 26 the same rights to change programs or coverage as the retired
  1 27 employee.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill relates to the continuation of group health
  1 30 insurance benefits for spouses of certain retired public
  1 31 employees.
  1 32    The bill provides that if a state, county, or city employee
  1 33 who retired before age 65 continues to participate in the
  1 34 group health plan or contract until that person reaches age
  1 35 65, the state, county, or city may allow the spouse of the
  2  1 retired employee to elect to continue to participate as a
  2  2 member of the group health plan or contract at the spouse's
  2  3 expense until the spouse also reaches age 65.
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