Bill Text: IA HSB86 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill relating to public employee human resources management and making an appropriation.
Sponsorship: Unknown
Status: (N/A - Dead) 0000-00-00 - State Government: Drake Chair,Hagenow, and Hunter. [HSB86 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HSB86-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
86
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
public
employee
human
resources
management
1
and
making
an
appropriation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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DIVISION
I
1
SPAN
OF
CONTROL
2
Section
1.
Section
8A.402,
subsection
2,
paragraph
g,
Code
3
2013,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
4
DIVISION
II
5
PHASED
RETIREMENT
PROGRAM
6
Sec.
2.
Section
70A.30,
Code
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
7
follows:
8
70A.30
Establishment
of
phased
retirement
program.
9
1.
There
is
established
The
department
of
administrative
10
services
may
establish
a
voluntary
employee
phased
retirement
11
incentive
program
for
full-time
state
employees
who
are
at
12
least
sixty
years
of
age
and
have
completed
at
least
twenty
13
years
as
full-time
state
employees
.
14
2.
The
A
phased
retirement
incentive
program
established
15
by
the
department
of
administrative
services
is
a
retirement
16
system
for
purposes
of
section
20.9
,
but
is
not
retirement
17
for
purposes
of
chapter
97A
,
97B
,
or
602
or
for
the
18
employees
who
are
members
of
the
teachers
insurance
annuity
19
association-college
retirement
equities
fund
(TIAA-CREF).
20
Sec.
3.
REPEAL.
Sections
70A.31,
70A.32,
70A.33,
and
21
70A.34,
Code
2013,
are
repealed.
22
Sec.
4.
PHASED
RETIREMENT
PROGRAM
——
TRANSITION
PROVISIONS
23
——
STANDING
APPROPRIATION.
24
1.
State
employees
who
are
participating
in
the
phased
25
retirement
program
established
by
sections
70A.30
through
26
70A.34,
Code
2013,
as
of
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
shall
27
remain
in
the
program
and
be
eligible
for
the
benefits
of
the
28
program
as
provided
prior
to
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
29
2.
For
state
employees
who
became
participants
in
the
phased
30
retirement
program
prior
to
the
effective
date
of
this
Act,
the
31
department
of
administrative
services
shall,
annually
after
32
June
30
of
each
fiscal
year,
determine
the
cost
during
the
33
preceding
fiscal
year
to
the
Iowa
public
employees’
retirement
34
fund
of
continued
participation
of
such
state
employees
in
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the
phased
retirement
program
as
authorized
by
this
section.
1
Annually,
there
is
appropriated
from
the
fund
from
which
2
the
participating
employees
are
paid
to
the
Iowa
public
3
employees’
retirement
fund
an
amount
sufficient
to
reimburse
4
the
retirement
fund
for
the
costs
of
the
phased
retirement
5
program
for
those
state
employees
who
became
participants
in
6
the
program
prior
to
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
7
DIVISION
III
8
HEALTH
CARE
AND
INSURANCE
RELATED
PROVISIONS
9
Sec.
5.
Section
8A.437,
subsection
1,
Code
2013,
is
amended
10
to
read
as
follows:
11
1.
The
director
shall
establish
for
state
employees
a
health
12
flexible
spending
account
plan
which
offers
multiple
benefits
13
to
state
employees.
The
state’s
health
flexible
spending
14
account
plan
shall
be
established
to
meet
the
conditions
of
15
section
125
of
the
Internal
Revenue
Code
of
1986
,
as
defined
16
in
section
422.3
.
17
Sec.
6.
Section
509A.4,
Code
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
18
follows:
19
509A.4
Participation
optional.
20
Participation
in
any
such
plan
shall
be
optional
,
with
all
21
employees
and
their
dependents
eligible
to
for
the
benefits
22
thereof
of
the
plan
as
provided
by
the
rules
adopted
by
the
23
governing
body
pursuant
thereto.
Election
to
participate
24
therein
in
the
plan
shall
be
in
writing
signed
submitted
by
the
25
employee
and
filed
with
the
governing
body.
26
Sec.
7.
REPEAL.
Sections
70A.17
and
509A.13B,
Code
2013,
27
are
repealed.
28
DIVISION
IV
29
HUMAN
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
30
Sec.
8.
Section
8A.402,
subsection
1,
Code
2013,
is
amended
31
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
32
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
i.
The
development
and
implementation
of
33
a
plan
to
centralize
the
human
resource
management
functions
34
for
state
executive
branch
agencies
within
the
department,
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except
for
institutions
under
the
control
of
the
state
board
1
of
regents.
2
Sec.
9.
DEPARTMENT
OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES
——
3
CENTRALIZED
HUMAN
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT.
4
1.
The
director
of
the
department
of
administrative
5
services
shall
develop
and
implement
a
plan
to
centralize
6
the
human
resource
management
functions
for
executive
branch
7
agencies
under
the
department
of
administrative
services,
8
except
for
institutions
under
the
control
of
the
state
board
of
9
regents,
by
December
15,
2015.
10
2.
The
centralized
human
resource
management
plan
shall
do
11
all
of
the
following:
12
a.
Identify
the
human
resource
duties
and
processes
being
13
utilized
by
each
agency.
14
b.
Identify
the
positions
being
utilized
by
the
agencies
to
15
perform
the
human
resource
duties.
16
c.
Establish
best
practices
for
a
consolidated
human
17
resources
model
and
identify
the
estimated
cost
savings
that
18
will
result
from
implementation
of
the
plan.
19
d.
Detail
and
implement
an
organizational
structure
to
20
support
a
fully
consolidated
human
resources
model.
21
e.
Identify
space,
technology,
and
equipment
needs,
and
22
acquire
and
implement
such
tools
and
resources
in
support
of
23
the
consolidated
human
resources
model.
Such
efforts
shall
be
24
done
in
collaboration
with
the
state
chief
information
officer
25
and
the
general
services,
state
accounting,
and
information
26
technology
enterprises
of
the
department
of
administrative
27
services.
28
f.
Establish
a
comprehensive
budget
to
be
used
and
establish
29
the
utility
rate
to
be
charged
each
agency
as
a
result
of
the
30
consolidation.
31
g.
Establish
detailed
timelines
for
transition
and
32
communicate
the
timelines
to
the
agencies.
33
3.
State
executive
branch
agencies,
except
for
institutions
34
under
the
control
of
the
state
board
of
regents,
shall
do
all
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of
the
following:
1
a.
Provide
the
department
of
administrative
services
with
2
all
of
the
following
information:
3
(1)
Information
regarding
the
human
resource
duties
and
4
responsibilities
being
performed
by
agency
staff.
5
(2)
The
direct
and
indirect
costs
associated
with
agency
6
staff
performing
human
resource
duties.
7
(3)
Information
about
the
human
resource
information
and
8
records
storage
systems
being
used
to
perform
human
resource
9
work.
10
b.
Adjust
internal
staffing
as
required
in
the
centralized
11
human
resource
management
plan
developed
by
the
department
of
12
administrative
services.
13
c.
Agencies
outside
of
the
department
of
administrative
14
services
shall
not
hire
or
replace
any
staff
for
the
15
purposes
of
conducting
human
resource
work.
The
department
16
of
administrative
services
shall
partner
with
agencies
17
to
transition
and
consolidate
work
in
the
human
resource
18
enterprise
of
the
department
of
administrative
services.
19
d.
Transition
to
the
human
resources
and
payroll
systems
20
selected
and
operated
by
the
department
of
administrative
21
services
pursuant
to
timelines
identified
by
the
department
of
22
administrative
services.
23
e.
Adhere
to
all
objectives
and
timelines
required
in
the
24
centralized
human
resource
management
plan
developed
by
the
25
department
of
administrative
services.
26
EXPLANATION
27
This
bill
concerns
public
employee
human
resource
28
management,
generally
administered
by
the
department
of
29
administrative
services.
30
Division
I
of
the
bill
strikes
the
requirements
in
Code
31
section
8A.402
relating
to
the
span
of
control
of
supervisory
32
employees
in
the
executive
branch.
The
provision
struck
by
the
33
bill
prescribed
certain
employee
ratios
of
nonsupervisors
to
34
supervisors
within
executive
branch
agencies.
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Division
II
of
the
bill
repeals
the
phased
retirement
1
program
for
state
employees.
Code
section
70A.30
is
amended
to
2
authorize,
but
not
require,
the
department
of
administrative
3
services
to
establish
a
phased
retirement
program.
A
4
transition
provision
allows
those
state
employees
currently
5
participating
in
the
phased
retirement
program
repealed
by
6
the
bill
to
continue
participation
in
the
program
after
the
7
effective
date
of
the
bill.
The
bill
provides
for
continuation
8
of
a
standing
appropriation
to
the
Iowa
public
employees’
9
retirement
fund
for
such
continued
participation.
10
Division
III
of
the
bill
deals
with
various
health
care
and
11
insurance
related
provisions
involving
state
employees.
12
Code
section
70A.17,
providing
for
a
payroll
deduction
for
13
additional
insurance
coverage
by
state
employees,
is
repealed.
14
Code
section
509A.13B,
requiring
certain
public
employers
15
to
continue
health
care
coverage
for
certain
children
of
16
employees,
is
repealed.
The
bill
amends
Code
section
509A.4,
17
providing
for
optional
participation
in
health
care
coverage
18
provided
by
public
employers
to
employees,
to
extend
such
19
coverage
to
dependents
of
those
employees.
20
Division
IV
of
the
bill
concerns
human
resource
management
21
for
state
executive
branch
agencies.
The
bill
requires
the
22
department
of
administrative
services
to
centralize
the
human
23
resource
management
functions
for
executive
branch
agencies
24
under
the
department
of
administrative
services,
except
for
25
institutions
under
the
control
of
the
state
board
of
regents,
26
by
December
15,
2015.
The
bill
amends
Code
section
8A.402(1)
27
by
requiring
that
the
department
develop
and
implement
the
28
plan.
The
bill
provides
the
elements
that
must
be
included
in
29
the
centralized
human
resource
management
plan
and
describes
30
what
applicable
state
executive
branch
agencies
must
do
31
relative
to
developing
and
implementing
the
centralized
plan.
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