ENROLLED
ACT No. 544
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 145
BY REPRESENTATIVE BAGLEY
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 16:205 and 266, relative to the parishes of Sabine and Winn; to provide with
3 respect to the district attorney's office; to require relative to group health insurance
4 coverage for eligible retired employees; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 16:205 and 266 are hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §205. Group health insurance; parish of Winn; office of the district attorney; eligible
8 retired employees
9 A. If a group health insurer offers a retired employee a health insurance plan,
10 the district attorney's office of the Eighth Judicial District shall pay the retired
11 employee's premium, upon retirement age, per the Parochial Employees' Retirement
12 System of Louisiana. Otherwise, the district attorney's office shall pay up to one
13 hundred percent of the retired employee's health insurance premium comparable to
14 the premium of an active employee's plan of choice.
15 B. When the retired employee reaches the age or condition for Medicare
16 eligibility, the retired employee shall secure Medicare and pursue a supplemental
17 plan. The district attorney's office shall continue to pay the retired employee's
18 current health insurance premium or the premium for the supplemental plan that is
19 comparable to the present insurance coverage.
20 C. For purposes of this Section, a retired employee shall have twenty-five
21 years of employment with the district attorney's office at the time of retirement.
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1 §266. Group health insurance; parish of Sabine; office of the district attorney;
2 eligible retired employees
3 A. If a group health insurer offers a retired employee a health insurance plan,
4 the district attorney's office of the Eleventh Judicial District shall pay the retired
5 employee's premium, upon retirement age, per the Parochial Employees' Retirement
6 System of Louisiana. Otherwise, the district attorney's office shall pay up to one
7 hundred percent of the retired employee's health insurance premium comparable to
8 the premium of an active employee's plan of choice.
9 B. When the retired employee reaches the age or condition for Medicare
10 eligibility, the retired employee shall secure Medicare and pursue a supplemental
11 plan. The district attorney's office shall continue to pay the retired employee's
12 current health insurance premium or the premium for the supplemental plan that is
13 comparable to the present insurance coverage.
14 C. For purposes of this Section, a retired employee shall have twenty-five
15 consecutive years of employment with the district attorney's office at the time of
16 retirement.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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