Bill Text: IA SF230 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

---

Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning payment of insurance premium costs by members and full-time employees of the general assembly and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 212.) Effective 4-12-17.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-04-12 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1020. [SF230 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF230-Enrolled.html

---

Senate File 230 - Enrolled




                              SENATE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

                              (SUCCESSOR TO SF 212)
 \5
                                   A BILL FOR
 \1
                                        Senate File 230

                             AN ACT
 CONCERNING 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
 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 WHITVER


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            W. CHARLES SMITH


                                                                                            TERRY E. BRANSTA

                             -1-