House File 2118 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2118 BY SCHULTE , MAY , WINDSCHITL , L. MILLER , RAYHONS , DRAKE , HAGENOW , WAGNER , SODERBERG , DEYOE , WATTS , RAECKER , SWEENEY , CHAMBERS , HUSEMAN , ALONS , KOESTER , FORRISTALL , S. OLSON , SANDS , DOLECHECK , UPMEYER , PAULSEN , and GRASSLEY A BILL FOR An Act requiring state employees to pay a portion of health 1 insurance premium costs and including applicability 2 provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5469YH (10) 83 ec/nh
H.F. 2118 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 8A.440 Group health insurance 1 premium costs. 2 1. A state employee excluded from collective bargaining as 3 provided in chapter 20 who is a member of a state group health 4 insurance plan for employees of the state established under 5 chapter 509A shall pay at least forty dollars per month of the 6 total premium for such insurance. 7 2. Collective bargaining agreements entered into pursuant 8 to chapter 20 for state employees shall provide that a state 9 employee covered by that agreement who is a member of a 10 state group health insurance plan for employees of the state 11 established under chapter 509A shall pay at least forty dollars 12 per month of the total premium for such insurance. 13 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. The provision of this Act enacting 14 section 8A.440, subsection 2, applies to collective bargaining 15 agreements entered into on or after the effective date of this 16 Act. 17 EXPLANATION 18 This bill requires state employees included or excluded from 19 collective bargaining as provided in Code chapter 20 to pay 20 at least $40 per month of the total premium for state group 21 health insurance. The bill provides that the requirement 22 made applicable to state employees covered by a collective 23 bargaining agreement applies to collective bargaining 24 agreements entered into on or after the effective date of the 25 bill. Current law does not specify a minimum required premium 26 payment. 27 -1- LSB 5469YH (10) 83 ec/nh 1/ 1