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Senate File 230 - EnrolledAn Actconcerning payment of insurance premium costs by
members and full-time employees of the general assembly and
including effective date and applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 2.40, subsection 1, paragraph a,
subparagraphs (1) and (2), Code 2017, are amended to read as
follows:
(1) The member shall be eligible for all state group
insurance plans on the basis of enrollment rules established
for the largest number of full-time state employees of the
executive branch, other than employees of the state board
of regents, that are excluded from collective bargaining as
provided in chapter 20.
(2) The member shall pay that portion of the total premium
for the plan selected on the same basis as a paid by the largest
number of full-time state employee employees of the executive
branch, other than employees of the state board of regents,
that are excluded from collective bargaining as provided in
chapter 20.
Sec. 2. Section 2.40, subsection 1, paragraph a,
subparagraph (4), Code 2017, is amended by striking the
subparagraph.
Sec. 3. Section 2.40, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 3. A full-time employee of the general
assembly may elect to become a member of a state group
insurance plan for employees of the state established under
chapter 509A subject to the following conditions:
a. The full-time employee shall be eligible for all
state group insurance plans on the basis of enrollment rules
established for the largest number of full-time state employees
of the executive branch, other than employees of the state
board of regents, that are excluded from collective bargaining
as provided in chapter 20 and shall have the same rights
to change programs or coverage as are afforded such state
employees.
b. The full-time employee shall pay that portion of the
total premium for the plan selected on the same basis as paid
by the largest number of full-time state employees of the
-1-executive branch, other than employees of the state board
of regents, that are excluded from collective bargaining as
provided in chapter 20.
c. A member of a state group insurance plan pursuant to this
subsection shall have the same rights upon final termination
of employment as are afforded the largest number of full-time
state employees, other than employees of the state board of
regents, that are excluded from collective bargaining as
provided in chapter 20.
Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of
immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 5. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to a member of
the general assembly or a full-time employee of the general
assembly electing to become or to continue as a member of a
state group insurance plan established anew under chapter 509A
that becomes effective on or after the effective date of this
Act.
______________________________
JACK WHITVERPresident of the Senate______________________________
LINDA UPMEYERSpeaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 230, Eighty-seventh General Assembly.______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSONSecretary of the SenateApproved _______________, 2017______________________________
TERRY E. BRANSTADGovernorec/rj
members and full-time employees of the general assembly and
including effective date and applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 2.40, subsection 1, paragraph a,
subparagraphs (1) and (2), Code 2017, are amended to read as
follows:
(1) The member shall be eligible for all state group
insurance plans on the basis of enrollment rules established
for the largest number of full-time state employees of the
executive branch, other than employees of the state board
of regents, that are excluded from collective bargaining as
provided in chapter 20.
(2) The member shall pay that portion of the total premium
for the plan selected on the same basis as a paid by the largest
number of full-time state employee employees of the executive
branch, other than employees of the state board of regents,
that are excluded from collective bargaining as provided in
chapter 20.
Sec. 2. Section 2.40, subsection 1, paragraph a,
subparagraph (4), Code 2017, is amended by striking the
subparagraph.
Sec. 3. Section 2.40, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 3. A full-time employee of the general
assembly may elect to become a member of a state group
insurance plan for employees of the state established under
chapter 509A subject to the following conditions:
a. The full-time employee shall be eligible for all
state group insurance plans on the basis of enrollment rules
established for the largest number of full-time state employees
of the executive branch, other than employees of the state
board of regents, that are excluded from collective bargaining
as provided in chapter 20 and shall have the same rights
to change programs or coverage as are afforded such state
employees.
b. The full-time employee shall pay that portion of the
total premium for the plan selected on the same basis as paid
by the largest number of full-time state employees of the
-1-executive branch, other than employees of the state board
of regents, that are excluded from collective bargaining as
provided in chapter 20.
c. A member of a state group insurance plan pursuant to this
subsection shall have the same rights upon final termination
of employment as are afforded the largest number of full-time
state employees, other than employees of the state board of
regents, that are excluded from collective bargaining as
provided in chapter 20.
Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of
immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 5. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to a member of
the general assembly or a full-time employee of the general
assembly electing to become or to continue as a member of a
state group insurance plan established anew under chapter 509A
that becomes effective on or after the effective date of this
Act.
______________________________
JACK WHITVERPresident of the Senate______________________________
LINDA UPMEYERSpeaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 230, Eighty-seventh General Assembly.______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSONSecretary of the SenateApproved _______________, 2017______________________________
TERRY E. BRANSTADGovernorec/rj