RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 7 (HB 58) 2020 Regular Session Riser
Existing law authorizes the sheriff of each parish to pay for the insurance premiums of the
sheriff, sheriff deputies, and dependents of the sheriff and sheriff deputies. The sheriff may
contract with any insurance company authorized to do business in this state for group life and
accidental death and dismemberment, group health, accident, dental, hospital, surgical, or
other medical expense and group disability insurance.
Existing law authorizes the sheriff of certain parishes, including Catahoula, to pay these
premiums in full for their retirees.
New law retains existing law for those retirees hired prior to July 1, 2020, and new law
requires that the sheriff of Catahoula Parish shall pay out of the sheriff's general fund the
premium costs of group hospital, surgical, medical expense, and dental insurance, and the
first $10,000 of life insurance for any retired sheriff and any retired deputy sheriff who
retired from the Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office hired on or after July 1, 2020, as follows:
(1)100% with 30 years or more of creditable service with the sheriff's office of
Catahoula Parish.
(2)75% with 25 years of creditable service with the sheriff's office of Catahoula Parish.
(3)50% with 20 years of creditable service with the sheriff's office of Catahoula Parish.
Effective Aug. 1, 2020.
(Adds R.S. 13:5554(LL))