Bill Text: CT HB05488 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 5488 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Health Insurance Coverage For Probate Court Personnel.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-15 - Referred by House to Committee on Appropriations [HB05488 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05488-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5488*
*February Session, 2014*		LCO No. 2035
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PROBATE COURT PERSONNEL.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (g) of section 5-259 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):

(g) (1) (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, [the] prior to July 1, 2015: (i) The Probate Court Administration Fund established [in accordance with] under section 45a-82 [,] shall pay for each probate judge and each probate court employee not more than one hundred per cent of the portion of the premium charged for the judge's or employee's individual coverage and not more than fifty per cent of any additional cost for the judge's or employee's form of coverage, [. The] and (ii) the remainder of the premium for such coverage shall be paid by the probate judge or probate court employee. [to the State Treasurer. Payment shall be credited by the State Treasurer to the fund established by section 45a-82.]

(B) On and after July 1, 2015: (i) The Probate Court Administration Fund established under section 45a-82 shall pay for each probate judge and each probate court employee the same portion of the premium charged for the judge's or employee's individual coverage, and the same portion of any additional cost for the judge's or employee's form of coverage, as is paid by the Comptroller for insurance coverage procured under subsection (a) of this section for active state employees, and (ii) the remainder of the premium for such coverage shall be paid by the probate judge or probate court employee.

(C) The total premiums payable shall be remitted by the Probate Court Administrator directly to the insurance company or companies or nonprofit organization or organizations providing the coverage.

(2) The Probate Court Administrator shall issue regulations governing group hospitalization and medical and surgical insurance procured for probate judges and probate court employees. Such regulations shall be issued pursuant to [subsection (b) of] section 45a-77.