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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2084 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2801 |
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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 | | Marjorie C. Decker |
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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 health insurance for surviving spouses. |
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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:Marjorie C. Decker25th Middlesex1/15/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2084 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2801 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2801) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Marjorie C. Decker relative to health insurance benefits for certain surviving spouses. Public |
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| 20 | 20 | | Service. |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to health insurance for surviving spouses. |
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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. Section 11 of chapter 32A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out in lines 6 and 7 the words "until the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3remarriage of said surviving spouse". |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 SECTION 2. Section 9B of chapter 32B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5amended by striking out in lines 4 and 5, the words ",until the remarriage or death of said |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6surviving spouse". |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 SECTION 3. Section 9B of chapter 32B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8amended by striking out in lines 9, 10 and 11, the words “the entire cost of such premium |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9without any contribution by the governmental unit” and inserting in place thereof the following |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10words: - one-half the cost of such premiums with one-half the cost of such premiums paid by the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11governmental unit. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12 SECTION 4. Section 9D of said chapter 32B is hereby repealed. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13 SECTION 5. The provisions in sections 1 and 2 of this act shall apply prospectively to |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14surviving spouses of a deceased employee or retired employee, who remarried prior to the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15effective date of this act and whose insurance coverage, upon remarriage, was terminated under |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16chapters 32A or 32B of the General Laws. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17 SECTION 6. The provisions in sections 1, 2 and 3 of this act shall be prospective from |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18the effective date of this act and shall not entitle any surviving spouse of a deceased employee or |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19retired employee to any retroactive insurance coverage. |
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