Bill Text: NH HB1582 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to medical and surgical benefits for state employees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-18 - House Signed By Governor 06/13/2012; Effective 08/12/2012; Chapter 0215 [HB1582 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2012-HB1582-Amended.html

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HB 1582 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

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HOUSE BILL 1582

AN ACT relative to medical and surgical benefits for state employees.

SPONSORS: Rep. Marshall Quandt, Rock 13; Rep. Copeland, Rock 13; Rep. Matt Quandt, Rock 13

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the law regarding medical and surgical benefits for state employees.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to medical and surgical benefits for state employees.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Statement of Intent. The intent of this act is to encourage state employees to contribute pretax moneys to post-retirement medical savings plans if authorized by a collective bargaining agreement.

2 New Paragraph; State Employees; Medical and Surgical Benefits. Amend RSA 21-I:30 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:

I-a. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the state or state employees from making contributions to post-retirement medical savings plans for such employees, if authorized by a collective bargaining agreement, but only for the term of such agreement.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.