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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 613
BY SENATOR GARY SMITH
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. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person9
who 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
year, is twenty years or more.18
(2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person19
who is an employee, as defined in R.S. 42:808(A), who was employed by the20
Office of Community Relations and Rural Development after January 1, 2004,21
who subsequently becomes a state elected official as defined in R.S.22
42:808(11)(b)(ii), and who has participated in the Office of Group Benefits23
continuously during his state employment, shall, upon retirement, be eligible to24
maintain enrollment in the Office of Group Benefits program with a state25
contribution of his premium, as provided in R.S. 42:851(D).26 SB NO. 613 ENROLLED
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2014; if vetoed by the1
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become2
effective on June 30, 2014, or on the day following such approval by the legislature,3
whichever is later.4
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: