Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07238 Compare Versions

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7238
8	6		January Session, 2019
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12		-	Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC
13		-	EMPLOYEES
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21	19		AN ACT CONCERNING AD MINISTRATIVE CHANGES TO THE
22	20		MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH INSURANCE PRO GRAM.
23	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	22		Assembly convened:
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26	24		Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 5-259 of the general statutes is 1
27	25		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
28	26		October 1, 2019): 3
29	27		(i) The Comptroller may provide for coverage of employees of 4
30	28		municipalities, nonprofit corporations, community action agencies and 5
31	29		small employers and individuals eligible for a health coverage tax 6
32	30		credit, retired members or members of an association for personal care 7
33	31		assistants under the plan or plans procured under subsection (a) of this 8
34	32		section, provided: (1) Participation by each municipality, nonprofit 9
35	33		corporation, community action agency, small employer, eligible 10
36	34		individual, retired member or association for personal care assistants 11
37	35		shall be on a voluntary basis; (2) where an employee organization 12
38	36		represents employees of a municipality, nonprofit corporation, 13
39	37		community action agency or small employer, participation in a plan or 14
40	38		plans to be procured under subsection (a) of this section shall be by 15 Raised Bill No. 7238
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47	44		mutual agreement of the municipality, nonprofit corporation, 16
48	45		community action agency or small employer and the employee 17
49	46		organization only and neither party may submit the issue of 18
50	47		participation to binding arbitration except by mutual agreement if 19
51	48		such binding arbitration is available; (3) no group of employees shall 20
52	49		be refused entry into the plan by reason of past or future health care 21
53	50		costs or claim experience; (4) rates paid by the state for its employees 22
54	51		under subsection (a) of this section are not adversely affected by this 23
55	52		subsection; (5) administrative costs to the plan or plans provided 24
56	53		under this subsection shall [not be paid by the state] be paid by the 25
57	54		participating entities; (6) participation in the plan or plans in an 26
58	55		amount determined by the state shall be for the duration of the period 27
59	56		of the plan or plans, or for such other period as mutually agreed by the 28
60	57		municipality, nonprofit corporation, community action agency, small 29
61	58		employer, retired member or association for personal care assistants 30
62	59		and the Comptroller; (7) the General Assembly may allocate funds to 31
63	60		offset any financial cost or risk associated with administering the plan 32
64	61		or plans; (8) the Comptroller shall administer the plan or plans within 33
65	62		available appropriations; (9) the Comptroller shall establish 34
66	63		procedures to determine (A) eligibility requirements, (B) enrollment 35
67	64		procedures, for the plan or plans, (C) the duration of requirements 36
68	65		regarding payment, and (D) procedures regarding withdrawal from 37
69	66		and termination of the plan or plans; and [(7)] (10) nothing in this 38
70	67		section or section 12-202a, 38a-551 or 38a-556 shall be construed as 39
71	68		requiring a participating insurer or health care center to issue 40
72	69		individual policies to individuals eligible for a health coverage tax 41
73	70		credit. The coverage provided under this section may be referred to as 42
74	71		the "Municipal Employee Health Insurance Plan". The Comptroller 43
75	72		may arrange and procure for the employees and eligible individuals 44
76	73		under this subsection health benefit plans that vary from the plan or 45
77	74		plans procured under subsection (a) of this section. Notwithstanding 46
78	75		any provision of part V of chapter 700c, the coverage provided under 47
79	76		this subsection may be offered on either a fully underwritten or risk-48
80	77		pooled basis at the discretion of the Comptroller. For the purposes of 49
81	78		this subsection, (A) "municipality" means any town, city, borough, 50 Raised Bill No. 7238
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88	84		school district, taxing district, fire district, district department of 51
89	85		health, probate district, housing authority, regional work force 52
90	86		development board established under section 31 -3k, regional 53
91	87		emergency telecommunications center, tourism district established 54
92	88		under section 32-302, flood commission or authority established by 55
93	89		special act, regional council of governments, transit district formed 56
94	90		under chapter 103a, or the Children's Center established by number 57
95	91		571 of the public acts of 1969; (B) "nonprofit corporation" means (i) a 58
96	92		nonprofit corporation organized under 26 USC 501 that has a contract 59
97	93		with the state or receives a portion of its funding from a municipality, 60
98	94		the state or the federal government, or (ii) an organization that is tax 61
99	95		exempt pursuant to 26 USC 501(c)(5); (C) "community action agency" 62
100	96		means a community action agency, as defined in section 17b-885; (D) 63
101	97		"small employer" means a small employer, as defined in section 38a-64
102	98		564; (E) "eligible individuals" or "individuals eligible for a health 65
103	99		coverage tax credit" means individuals who are eligible for the credit 66
104	100		for health insurance costs under Section 35 of the Internal Revenue 67
105	101		Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code 68
106	102		of the United States, as from time to time amended, in accordance with 69
107	103		the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (F) "association for personal 70
108	104		care assistants" means an organization composed of personal care 71
109	105		attendants who are employed by recipients of service (i) under the 72
110	106		home-care program for the elderly under section 17b-342, (ii) under the 73
111	107		personal care assistance program under section 17b-605a, (iii) in an 74
112	108		independent living center pursuant to sections 17b-613 to 17b-615, 75
113	109		inclusive, or (iv) under the program for individuals with acquired 76
114	110		brain injury as described in section 17b-260a; and (G) "retired 77
115	111		members" means individuals eligible for a retirement benefit from the 78
116	112		Connecticut municipal employees' retirement system. 79
117	113		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
118	114		sections:
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	123	+	Statement of Purpose:
	124	+	To make administrative changes to the municipal employees health
	125	+	insurance program.
	126	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	127	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	128	+	not underlined.]
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