ENROLLED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 113
BY REPRESENTATIVE HARRISON
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request 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 of
Group Benefits and to submit a written report of findings to the House Committee
on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance not later than sixty days
prior to the beginning of the 2016 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
WHEREAS, R.S. 42:801 et seq. provides for group insurance for certain government
employees through programs administered by the Office of Group Benefits; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 42:811 authorizes groups participating in a program offered
through the office to terminate its participation under certain circumstances; and
WHEREAS, prior to withdrawing from a program offered by the office, the group
terminating its participation in the program is required to pay an actuarially determined pro
rata share of any accrued liabilities of the program; and
WHEREAS, the group withdrawing is assessed for its estimated pro rata share of
incurred but not reported (IBNR) claims liability for the run out of incurred claims and any
group-specific known accounts payable; and
WHEREAS, the pro rata share is determined by prorating the current IBNR by the
total plan membership to develop a per-member IBNR factor and applying the per-member
IBNR factor to the membership count of the group terminating its participation from the
program; and
WHEREAS, for local school boards located in smaller parishes, the cost of
termination based on current assessments may be cost-prohibitive, leaving the local school
boards with no option but to remain in the program.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request 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 of Group
Benefits.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Office of Group Benefits shall submit a
written report of its findings to the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate
Committee on Finance not later than sixty days prior to the beginning of the 2016 Regular
Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the chief executive officer of the Office of Group Benefits and the commissioner of
administration.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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