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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 925 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1887 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Kenneth I. Gordon |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to professional employer organizations. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kenneth I. Gordon21st Middlesex1/17/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 925 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1887 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1887) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Kenneth I. Gordon relative to professional employer organizations. Labor and Workforce |
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| 20 | 20 | | Development. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to professional employer organizations. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new section:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 Section 204. (a) A client and a registered PEO or PEO group shall each be deemed an |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4employer under the laws of this Commonwealth for purposes of sponsoring retirement and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5welfare benefit plans for its Covered Employees. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6 (b) A fully-insured welfare benefit plan offered to the Covered Employees of a PEO or |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7PEO group shall be treated for purposes of state law as a single employer welfare benefit plan. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 (c) For purposes of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 176J, a PEO or PEO group |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9shall be considered the employer of Covered Employees and all such Covered Employees shall |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10be included in the Full-Time Equivalents count for purposes of a fully-insured health insurance |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11plan sponsored by a PEO or PEO group. |
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