Bill Text: MN HF2448 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Collective bargaining agreement employee group insurance contract requirements modified.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-22 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations and Elections [HF2448 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2448-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to local government; modifying requirements for changing benefits in
1.3a group insurance contract for employees covered by a collective bargaining
1.4agreement;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 471.6161, subdivision 5.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 471.6161, subdivision 5, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8    Subd. 5. Collective bargaining. The aggregate value of benefits provided by a
1.9group insurance contract for employees in a political subdivision who are covered by
1.10a collective agreement shall not be reduced, unless the public employer and at least
1.11one-half of the total number of exclusive representative representatives of the employees
1.12of an affected appropriate bargaining unit units, certified under section 179A.12, agree
1.13to a reduction in benefits.
1.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2012, and applies to all
1.15employee group insurance contracts modified or entered into after that date.
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