| 3 | 2 | | *ANS160* 01/28/2025 11:16:39 AM ANS160 |
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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 134 3 |
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| 7 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Senator Irvin 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Representative Lundstrum 6 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS OF THE 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT ADVISORY 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | COMMISSION; TO REDUCE THE STIPEND FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT ADVISORY 12 |
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| 16 | 15 | | COMMISSION; TO AMEND THE FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS OF THE 13 |
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| 17 | 16 | | STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT ADVISORY COMMISSION; TO 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | REDUCE THE STIPEND FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE STATE 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT ADVISORY COMMISSION; AND FOR 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | OTHER PURPOSES. 17 |
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| 23 | 22 | | Subtitle 20 |
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| 24 | 23 | | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PUBLIC 21 |
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| 25 | 24 | | SCHOOL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT ADVISORY 22 |
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| 26 | 25 | | COMMISSION; AND TO AMEND THE LAW 23 |
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| 27 | 26 | | CONCERNING THE STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH 24 |
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| 28 | 27 | | BENEFIT ADVISORY COMMISSION. 25 |
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| 30 | 29 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 27 |
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| 32 | 31 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 21 -5-423(c)(3), concerning the meetings of 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | the Public School Employee Health Benefit Advisory Commission, is amended to 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | read as follows: 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | (3) The commission shall meet monthly quarterly and have a 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | minimum of twelve (12) four (4) meetings annually. 33 |
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| 38 | 37 | | SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 21 -5-423(d), concerning the stipend for 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | appointed members of the Public School Employee Health Benefit Advisory 36 SB134 |
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| 42 | 41 | | Commission, is amended to read as follows: 1 |
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| 43 | 42 | | (d) Each appointed member who is not an active employee shall be paid 2 |
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| 44 | 43 | | a stipend of five hundred dollars ($500) one hundred dollars ($100) per month 3 |
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| 45 | 44 | | plus mileage. 4 |
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| 47 | 46 | | SECTION 3. Arkansas Code § 21 -5-424(c)(3), concerning the meetings of 6 |
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| 48 | 47 | | the State Employee Health Benefit Advisory Commission, is amended to read as 7 |
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| 49 | 48 | | follows: 8 |
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| 50 | 49 | | (3) The commission shall meet monthly quarterly and have a 9 |
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| 51 | 50 | | minimum of twelve (12) four (4) meetings annually. 10 |
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| 53 | 52 | | SECTION 4. Arkansas Code § 21 -5-424(d), concerning the stipend for 12 |
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| 54 | 53 | | appointed members of the State Employee Health Benefit Advisory Commission, 13 |
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| 55 | 54 | | is amended to read as follows: 14 |
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| 56 | 55 | | (d) Each appointed member who is not an active employee shall be paid 15 |
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| 57 | 56 | | a stipend of five hundred dollars ($500) one hundred dollars ($100) per month 16 |
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| 58 | 57 | | plus mileage. 17 |
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