Bill Text: MA S1217 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to dental insurance for certain retirees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 6/22 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room A1 [S1217 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1217-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_______________
PRESENTED BY:
Steven A. Tolman
_______________
To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act Relative to Dental Insurance for Certain Retirees.
_______________
PETITION OF:
Name: |
District/Address: |
Steven A. Tolman |
Second Suffolk and Middlesex |
James R. Miceli |
19th Middlesex |
Theodore C. Speliotis |
13th Essex |
Christine E. Canavan |
10th Plymouth |
Mark V. Falzone |
9th Essex |
Joyce A. Spiliotis |
12th Essex |
Martha M. Walz |
8th Suffolk |
Thomas M. Stanley |
9th Middlesex |
Anthony D. Galluccio |
Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex |
Thomas M. McGee |
Third Essex and Middlesex |
Harold P. Naughton, Jr. |
12th Worcester |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
_______________
In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
_______________
An Act Relative to Dental Insurance for Certain Retirees.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 19 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as amended by Section 4 of Chapter 67 of the Acts of 2007, is hereby further amended by inserting at the end thereof the following subsection:-
(j) Notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, an agreement, either executed or modified, reached by an appropriate public authority and the public employee committee to transfer all subscribers, for whom the authority provides health insurance coverage, to the commission under subsection (e) of this section, may provide dental insurance coverage to its retirees, surviving spouses and their dependents in the dental insurance plan provided by the commission to retirees, surviving spouses and their dependent insured under Chapter 32A, at premium contribution ratios that may require retirees, surviving spouses and their dependents to contribute 100 per cent of the dental insurance premium. The commission shall provide dental insurance coverage, under its plan for retirees, surviving spouses and their dependents insured under Chapter 32A, to retirees, surviving spouses and their dependents who elect the coverage under this subsection, as it so provides health insurance coverage under subsections (e) and (f) of this section.