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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2883 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1244 |
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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 | | David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf |
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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 providing for prompt health insurance benefits for municipal employees. |
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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:David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester1/16/2025Steven J. Ouellette8th Bristol3/4/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2883 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1244 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative LeBoeuf of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1244) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf and Steven J. Ouellette relative to health insurance for municipal |
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| 20 | 20 | | employees. Financial Services. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2584 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act providing for prompt health insurance benefits for municipal employees. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 19 of chapter 32B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new subsection:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 (k) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, an eligible municipal |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4employee who subscribes to the commission’s health insurance coverage within the first 10 days |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5of the employee’s first day of employment shall receive such coverage effective as of: (i) their |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6first day of employment; or (ii) the date on which the employee subscribes to the coverage, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7whichever is later. 2 of 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 SECTION 2. The group insurance commission shall promulgate regulations necessary to |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9implement subsection (k) of section 19 of chapter 32B of the General Laws, as inserted by |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10section 1, not later than 3 months after enactment. |
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