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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 185
BY SENATOR ERDEY
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the Louisiana School Board Association, the Louisiana Department of
Insurance, and the Louisiana Department of Education to study the portability of
health insurance benefits for employees and retirees of local public school systems.
WHEREAS, the employees of the public school systems of this state are entrusted
with our most precious resource, our children; and
WHEREAS, these faithful public servants are deserving of compensation
commensurate with the efforts they expend in instructing and nurturing Louisiana's school
children; and
WHEREAS, one important part of this compensation package is the opportunity to
participate in a group health insurance plan, both during their active working lifetimes and
into the golden years of their retirement; and
WHEREAS, retirement credit in the public retirement systems for these educators
and support personnel is portable throughout Louisiana's many city, parish, and other local
public school systems, providing flexibility and mobility for the employees and their
families, and allowing benefit accrual reflective of a career in the profession; and
WHEREAS, at the present time in Louisiana, participation in a group health
insurance plan is not universally portable among all public school systems, making it more
difficult to attain the participation necessary to carry the group health insurance into
retirement; and
WHEREAS, access to affordable group health insurance is of paramount importance
after retirement, and portability of participation in an employer's group health insurance plan
during an employee's working lifetime appears, as a matter of public policy, to be a sensible
path to attaining the best health insurance coverage for these retirees.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby urge and request the Louisiana School Board Association, the Louisiana SR NO. 185 ENROLLED
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Department of Insurance, and the Louisiana Department of Education to study the portability
of health insurance benefits for employees and retirees of local public school systems.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana School Board Association, the
Louisiana Department of Insurance, and the Louisiana Department of Education make
recommendations to the Senate Committee on Insurance no later than February 1, 2015, for
possible legislation to address this matter.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be sent to the executive
director of the Louisiana School Board Association, the commissioner of insurance, and the
state superintendent of education.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE