Bill Text: CA AB1346 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Postemployment health benefits: Sacramento Metropolitan
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-10-12 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 774, Statutes of 2013. [AB1346 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1346-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1346 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 774
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 12, 2013
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 12, 2013
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 19, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 25, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 11, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 21, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Pan
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
An act to add Section 22896 to the Government Code, relating to
postemployment health benefits.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1346, Pan. Postemployment health benefits: Sacramento
Metropolitan Fire District: employer contributions.
Existing law requires the Board of Administration of the Public
Employees' Retirement System to administer the Public Employees'
Medical and Hospital Care Act. Existing law permits a contracting
agency to elect to be subject to the act for its employees and
annuitants, provided that the contracting agency and each employee or
annuitant contribute a portion of the cost of providing the benefit
coverage, as specified. Under this formulation, the employer
contribution for the contracting agency begins at 10 years of service
and reaches 100% of a specified amount when the employee attains 20
years of credited service, with certain exceptions. Existing law
provides alternate formulations for specified contracting agencies.
This bill would provide an additional exception by requiring the
employer contribution for postretirement health benefit coverage for
an annuitant of the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District who retires
on or after the effective date of a memorandum or resolution related
to employer contributions, to be based on a revised formula in which
the employer contribution begins at 5 years of service, instead of
10 and would reach 100% of a specified amount if the annuitant
attained 20 years of credited service, with certain exceptions. The
bill would require that the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District
provide to the board a specified notification and any additional
information requested by the board that the board deems necessary to
implement the section. The bill would exempt from the formulation
described annuitants who have retired for disability or who have
retired for service with 20 or more years of service with the
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, as specified. This bill would
apply only to employees hired on or after December 1, 2011.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 22896 is added to the Government Code, to read:
22896. (a) Notwithstanding Section 22892, the percentage of
employer contribution payable for postretirement health benefits for
an employee of the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District subject to
this section shall, except as provided in subdivision (b), be based
on the member's completed years of credited state service at
retirement as shown in the following table:
Credited Percentage of
Years Employer
of Service Contribution
5 25
6 30
7 35
8 40
9 45
10 50
11 55
12 60
13 65
14 70
15 75
16 80
17 85
18 90
19 95
20 or more 100
The application of this subdivision shall be subject to the
following:
(1) (A) In the case of the employees represented by a bargaining
unit, the employer contribution with respect to each annuitant shall
be determined pursuant to a memorandum of understanding approved
through a meet and confer process pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown
Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of
Title 1) with any recognized employee organization. The issue shall
not be subject to the impasse procedures set forth in Article 9
(commencing with Section 3548) of Chapter 10.7 of Division 4 of Title
1.
(B) In the case of employees not represented by a bargaining unit,
the employer contribution with respect to each annuitant shall be
determined pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Board of Directors and shall be
in accordance with Section 7522.40.
(C) The employer contribution established by this paragraph shall
not be less than the adjusted employer contribution required by
subdivision (b) of Section 22892.
(2) The credited service of an employee for the purpose of
determining the percentage of employer contributions applicable under
this section shall mean state service as defined in Section 20069,
except that at least five years of service shall have been performed
entirely with the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.
(3) The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District shall provide, in
the manner prescribed by the board, a notification of the agreement
and resolution adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) and any additional
information necessary to implement this section.
(4) The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District shall certify to the
board, in the case of employees not represented by a bargaining
unit, that there is not an applicable memorandum of understanding.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the contribution payable by
the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District shall be equal to 100
percent of the amount established pursuant to paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a) on behalf of any annuitant who either:
(1) Retired for disability.
(2) Retired for service with 20 or more years of service credit
entirely with the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, regardless
of the number of days after separation from employment. The
contribution payable by the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District
under this paragraph shall be paid only if it is greater than, and
made in lieu of, a contribution payable to the annuitant by another
employer under this part. The board shall establish application
procedures and eligibility criteria to implement this paragraph.
(c) This section applies only to the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire
District, or its successor. This section applies only with regard to
the employees of the district hired on or after December 1, 2011.
