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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7360
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING NO NSTATE PUBLIC EMPLOYER HEALTH
CARE PLANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 3-123sss of the 1
general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 3
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of title 38a, the Comptroller shall 4
offer to nonstate public employers and their nonstate public 5
employees, and their retirees, if applicable, coverage under the state 6
employee plan or any group hospitalization, medical, pharmacy or 7
surgical insurance plan developed by the Comptroller. Such nonstate 8
public employees, or retirees, if applicable, shall be pooled with the 9
state employee plan, provided the Comptroller receives an application 10
from a nonstate public employer and the application is approved in 11
accordance with this section or section 3-123ttt. Premium payments for 12
such coverage shall be remitted by the nonstate public employer to the 13
Comptroller and shall be the same as those paid by the state inclusive 14
of any premiums paid by state employees, except (1) premium 15 Raised Bill No. 7360
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payments may be adjusted to reflect the cost of health care in the 16
geographic region in which the majority of a nonstate public 17
employer's employees work, (2) premium payments may be adjusted 18
to reflect coverage, or (3) as otherwise provided in this section or 19
section 3-123uuu, as amended by this act. The Comptroller may charge 20
each nonstate public employer participating in the state employee plan 21
an administrative fee calculated on a per member, per month basis. 22
(b) (1) The Comptroller shall offer participation in such plan for not 23
less than three-year intervals. A nonstate public employer may apply 24
for renewal prior to the expiration of each interval. 25
(2) The Comptroller shall develop procedures by which nonstate 26
public employers receiving coverage for nonstate public employees 27
pursuant to the state employee plan may (A) apply for renewal, or (B) 28
withdraw from such coverage, including, but not limited to, the terms 29
and conditions under which such nonstate public employers may 30
withdraw prior to the expiration of the interval. [and the procedure by 31
which any premium payments such nonstate public employers may be 32
entitled to or premium equivalent payments made in excess of 33
incurred claims shall be refunded to such nonstate public employer.] 34
Any such procedures shall provide that nonstate public employees 35
covered by collective bargaining shall withdraw from such coverage in 36
accordance with chapters 68, 113 and 166. 37
(c) Nothing in sections 3-123rrr to 3-123vvv, inclusive, shall (1) 38
require the Comptroller to offer coverage to every nonstate public 39
employer seeking coverage under the state employee plan, [or] (2) 40
prevent the Comptroller from procuring coverage for nonstate public 41
employees from vendors other than those providing coverage to state 42
employees, or (3) prevent the Comptroller from offering plans other 43
than those available to state employees, except the Comptroller shall 44
not offer a plan that would qualify as a high deductible health plan, as 45
defined in Section 220(c) or 223(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 46
1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the 47
United States, as amended from time to time, used to establish a 48 Raised Bill No. 7360
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medical savings account or an Archer MSA pursuant to Section 220 of 49
said Internal Revenue Code or a health savings account pursuant to 50
Section 223 of said Internal Revenue Code. 51
Sec. 2. Section 3-123uuu of the general statutes is repealed and the 52
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 53
(a) [There is established an account to be known as the "state 54
employee plan premium account", which shall be a separate, 55
nonlapsing account within the General Fund. All premiums paid by 56
nonstate public employers and nonstate public employees pursuant to 57
participation in the state employee plan shall be deposited into said 58
account. The account shall be administered by the Comptroller, with 59
the advice of the Health Care Cost Containment Committee, for 60
payment of claims and administrative fees to entities providing 61
coverage or services under the state employee plan.] The Comptroller 62
shall establish an accounting procedure to track claims and premiums 63
paid by nonstate public employers. 64
[(b) Each nonstate public employer shall pay monthly the amount 65
determined by the Comptroller for coverage of its nonstate public 66
employees or its nonstate public employees and retirees, as 67
appropriate, under the state employee plan. A nonstate public 68
employer may require each nonstate public employee to contribute a 69
portion of the cost of his or her coverage under the plan, subject to any 70
collective bargaining obligation applicable to such nonstate public 71
employer.] 72
[(c)] (b) If any payment due by a nonstate public employer [under 73
this subsection] pursuant to the procedure established under 74
subsection (a) of this section is not paid after the date such payment is 75
due, interest to be paid by such nonstate public employer shall be 76
added, retroactive to the date such payment was due, at the prevailing 77
rate of interest as determined by the Comptroller. 78
[(d)] (c) If a nonstate public employer fails to make premium 79
payments, the Comptroller may direct the State Treasurer, or any other 80 Raised Bill No. 7360
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officer of the state who is the custodian of any moneys made available 81
by grant, allocation or appropriation payable to such nonstate public 82
employer at any time subsequent to such failure, to withhold the 83
payment of such moneys until the amount of the premium or interest 84
due has been paid to the Comptroller, or until the State Treasurer or 85
such custodial officer determines that arrangements have been made, 86
to the satisfaction of the State Treasurer, for the payment of such 87
premium and interest. Such moneys shall not be withheld if such 88
withholding will adversely affect the receipt of any federal grant or aid 89
in connection with such moneys. 90
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 3-123sss(a) to (c)
Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 3-123uuu
Statement of Purpose:
To authorize the Comptroller to offer additional health insurance plans
for nonstate public employers.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]