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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 613
BY SENATOR GARY SMITH
GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM. Provides relative to participation schedules. (6/30/14)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 42:851(T), relative to group benefits; to provide for premium share; and to2
provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 42:851(T) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 5
ยง851. Authority for employee benefit programs; payroll deduction for payment of6
premiums7
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T. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person who9
retired on or after May 1, 2013, and on or before May 31, 2013, who10
participated in health care programs sponsored by the Office of Group Benefits11
for more than eighteen years, whose doctor certifies that on the date of his12
retirement he was medically unable to perform his job duties shall, upon13
retirement, be eligible to maintain enrollment in the Office of Group Benefits14
Program with a state contribution of seventy-five percent of his premium, if the15
sum of his accumulated unused leave on his retirement date plus his years of16
participation in the Office of Group Benefits Program, rounded to the nearest17 SB NO. 613
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year, is twenty years or more.1
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2014; if vetoed by the2
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become3
effective on June 30, 2014, or on the day following such approval by the legislature,4
whichever is later.5
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Laura Gail Sullivan.
DIGEST
Gary Smith (SB 613)
Present law provides a schedule for state contributions of the total premium payable to the
Office of Group Benefits (OGB) for retirees. Provides for a maximum state contribution of
75%.
Proposed law retains present law and provides for a 75% state contribution for any person
who retired on or after May 1, 2013, and on or before May 31, 2013, who participated in
OGB health insurance for more than 18 years, whose doctor certifies that on the date of his
retirement he was medically unable to perform his job duties, if the sum of his accumulated
unused leave on his retirement date plus his years of participation in OGB, rounded to the
nearest year, is 20 years or more.
Effective June 30, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 42:851(T))