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SENATE BILL NO. 140
BY SENATOR ABRAHAM
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 13:5554(G)(4)(d), (e), (f), and (g), relative to insurance benefits for certain
3 sheriffs and deputies; to provide for eligibility requirements for the payment of
4 insurance premium costs for retired sheriffs and deputies of the Acadia Parish
5 Sheriff's Office; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:5554(G)(4)(d), (e), (f), and (g) are hereby enacted to read as
8 follows:
9 ยง5554. Group insurance; kinds; amounts; subrogation
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12 (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the
13 sheriff of Acadia Parish shall pay out of the sheriff's general fund the premium costs
14 of group insurance for any sheriff or deputy sheriff who is eligible to receive benefits
15 from the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund, as follows:
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17 (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection
18 and Subparagraphs (a) through (c) of this Paragraph, one hundred percent of
19 the premium costs of group insurance, hospital, surgical, and medical expense
20 insurance and the first ten thousand dollars of life insurance contracted
21 pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be paid in full from the sheriff's
22 general fund for any sheriff, full-time deputy sheriff, or any other employee who
23 has retired from the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office, who is eligible to receive
24 benefits from the Sheriff's Pension and Relief Fund, and who meets all of the
25 following qualifications:
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1 (i) Has at least thirty years of creditable service with a statewide
2 retirement system with the final twelve years of continuous full-time creditable
3 service with the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office.
4 (ii) Is at least fifty-five years of age.
5 (e) Insurance benefits provided for in Subparagraph (d) of this
6 Paragraph shall be based on the total amount of creditable service with a
7 statewide retirement system including time earned in the Sheriff's Pension and
8 Relief Fund and the recipient's coverage during the last active year of service
9 with the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office. Coverage of these insurance benefits
10 shall be extended to the recipient's eligible dependents if the recipient requests
11 such coverage.
12 (f) Recipients of insurance pursuant to Subparagraph (d) of this
13 Paragraph are subject to all cost increases or changes to the active insurance
14 plan.
15 (g) The provisions of Subparagraph (d) of this Paragraph shall apply to
16 sheriffs and deputy sheriffs who retire on or after July 1, 2022.
17 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2022; if vetoed by the governor
18 and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on the day
19 following such approval by the legislature or July 1, 2022, whichever is later.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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