HLS 15RS-1301 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 643
BY REPRESENTATIVE PEARSON
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
FUNDS/FUNDING: Creates the State Employer Health Insurance Fund for state agencies
to use to pay their portion of employee health insurance costs for retired employees
1 AN ACT
2To enact Subpart S of Part II-A of Chapter 1 of Subtitle I of Title 39 of the Louisiana
3 Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 39:100.146; to create the State
4 Employer Health Insurance Fund as a special treasury fund; to provide for deposits
5 into the fund; to provide for uses of the fund; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. Subpart S of Part II-A of Chapter 1 of Subtitle I of Title 39 of the
8Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 39:100.146 is hereby enacted to read
9as follows:
10 SUBPART S. STATE EMPLOYER HEALTH INSURANCE FUND
11 ยง100.146. State Employer Health Insurance Fund
12 A. There is hereby established in the state treasury as a special fund, the
13 State Employer Health Insurance Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund".
14 B. The source of monies deposited into the fund shall be any monies
15 appropriated annually by the legislature including donations, gifts, grants, or any
16 other monies which may be provided by law. All unexpended and unencumbered
17 monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund. The monies
18 in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in
19 the state general fund, and interest earned on the investment of monies shall be
20 credited to the fund.
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are additions. HLS 15RS-1301 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 643
1 C. The monies in the fund shall be appropriated to state agencies to pay the
2 employer portion of the cost to provide post-employment benefits to or for
3 employees retired from agencies, departments, boards, and commissions of the state
4 to participate in group health insurance programs established pursuant to the
5 provisions of Chapter 12 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 643 Original 2015 Regular Session Pearson
Abstract: Creates the State Employer Health Insurance Fund for state agencies to use for
the employer portion of health insurance costs for retired state employees.
Proposed law creates the State Employer Health Insurance Fund, as a special treasury fund
and provides for deposits into the fund from any monies appropriated annually by the
legislature including donations, gifts, grants, or any other monies which may be provided
by law. Further the monies in the fund shall be appropriated to state agencies for the
obligations of the employer portion of the cost of state group health insurance for retired
state employees.
(Adds R.S. 39:100.146)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.