Senate
File
2207
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2207
BY
WHITVER
and
KAPUCIAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
payment
of
health
insurance
premium
costs
1
by
members
of
the
general
assembly
and
statewide
elected
2
officials.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
2.40,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(2)
The
member
shall
pay
the
premium
for
the
plan
selected
3
on
the
same
basis
as
a
full-time
state
employee
excluded
from
4
collective
bargaining
as
provided
in
chapter
20
.
However,
the
5
member
shall
pay
a
portion
of
the
total
premium
for
the
plan
6
selected
in
an
amount
as
determined
by
the
legislative
council.
7
The
payment
amount
as
determined
by
the
legislative
council
8
shall
be
at
least
two
hundred
dollars
per
month.
9
Sec.
2.
STATEWIDE
ELECTED
EXECUTIVE
OFFICIALS
——
GROUP
10
HEALTH
INSURANCE
PREMIUM
COSTS.
A
statewide
elected
executive
11
official
who
becomes
a
member
of
a
state
group
insurance
plan
12
for
employees
of
the
state
established
under
chapter
509A
shall
13
pay
a
portion
of
the
total
premium
for
the
plan
selected
in
an
14
amount
as
determined
by
the
executive
council.
The
payment
15
amount
as
determined
by
the
executive
council
shall
be
at
least
16
two
hundred
dollars
per
month.
17
EXPLANATION
18
This
bill
provides
that
members
of
the
general
assembly
19
and
statewide
elected
executive
officials
who
become
a
member
20
of
the
state
group
insurance
plan
for
employees
of
the
state
21
established
under
Code
chapter
509A
shall
pay
at
least
$200
22
per
month
of
the
total
premium
for
the
plan
selected.
The
23
bill
provides
that,
subject
to
the
$200
per
month
minimum,
24
the
total
premium
amount
to
be
paid
by
members
of
the
general
25
assembly
shall
be
determined
by
the
legislative
council
and
the
26
total
premium
amount
to
be
paid
by
statewide
elected
executive
27
officials
shall
be
determined
by
the
executive
council.
28
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