ENROLLED
ACT No. 116
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 58
BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAHAM
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 13:5554(II), relative to the payment of group insurance premiums for retirees
3 from the Cameron Parish Sheriff's Office; to provide for qualifications for and
4 payment of certain insurance premiums; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 13:5554(II) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง5554. Group insurance; kinds; amounts; subrogation
8 * * *
9 II.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D of this Section, the
10 premium costs of group hospital, surgical, and medical expense and the first ten
11 thousand dollars of life insurance contracted for under the provisions of this Section
12 shall be paid in full by the sheriff of Cameron Parish, from the sheriff's general fund,
13 for all sheriffs and deputy sheriffs retired from the Cameron Parish Sheriff's Office
14 hired on or after July 1, 2018, who are entitled to receive benefits from the Sheriffs'
15 Pension and Relief Fund, have at least fifteen years of service with the Cameron
16 Parish Sheriff's Office, and are at least fifty-five years of age.
17 (2) The provisions of Paragraph (G)(1) of this Section shall apply to all
18 persons hired by the Cameron Parish Sheriff's Office prior to July 1, 2018.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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