HLS 15RS-2098 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 113
BY REPRESENTATIVE HARRISON
INSURANCE/GROUP-STATE: Urges and requests the Office of Group Benefits to study
the cost for each member school board to terminate participation in the programs
offered by the Office of Group Benefits
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To urge and request the Office of Group Benefits to study the cost for each member school
3 board to terminate its participation in the programs offered through the Office of
4 Group Benefits and to submit a written report of findings to the House Committee
5 on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance not later than sixty days
6 prior to the beginning of the 2016 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
7 WHEREAS, R.S. 42:801 et seq. provides for group insurance for certain government
8employees through programs administered by the Office of Group Benefits; and
9 WHEREAS, R.S. 42:811 authorizes groups participating in a program offered
10through the office to terminate its participation under certain circumstances; and
11 WHEREAS, prior to withdrawing from a program offered by the office, the group
12terminating its participation in the program is required to pay an actuarially determined pro
13rata share of any accrued liabilities of the program; and
14 WHEREAS, the group withdrawing is assessed for its estimated pro rata share of
15incurred but not reported (IBNR) claims liability for the run out of incurred claims and any
16group-specific known accounts payable; and
17 WHEREAS, the pro rata share is determined by prorating the current IBNR by the
18total plan membership to develop a per-member IBNR factor and applying the per-member
19IBNR factor to the membership count of the group terminating its participation from the
20program; and
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1 WHEREAS, for local school boards located in smaller parishes, the cost of
2termination based on current assessments may be cost-prohibitive, leaving the local school
3boards with no option but to remain in the program.
4 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
5urge and request the Office of Group Benefits to study the cost for each member school
6board to terminate its participation in the programs offered through the Office of Group
7Benefits.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Office of Group Benefits shall submit a
9written report of its findings to the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate
10Committee on Finance not later than sixty days prior to the beginning of the 2016 Regular
11Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
13to the chief executive officer of the Office of Group Benefits and the commissioner of
14administration.
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)]
HCR 113 Original 2015 Regular Session Harrison
Urges and requests the Office of Group Benefits to study the cost for each member school
board to terminate its participation in the programs offered through the office.
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