| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.1444 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVECOSTLOW. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 2816H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter103,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtotheMissouri |
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| 8 | 8 | | consolidatedhealthcareplan. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter103,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2knownassection103.087,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 103.087.1.Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflaw,anactiveemployeewho |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2iseligibleforcoverageintheprogramofhealthcarebenefitsestablishedbytheboard |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3underthischaptermayelectnottoreceivethatcoverageandinsteadbepaidanannual |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4stipendifallofthefollowingoccur: |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5 (1)Theemployeeiseligibleforacontributionfromthestatetowardthecostof |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6thecoverage; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 (2)Theemployeemakestheelectiononaformprovidedbytheboardand |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8providesproofofcoverageunderaseparatehealthinsuranceplanasdescribedunder |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9subdivision(3)ofthissubsection;and |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10 (3)Either: |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11 (a)Theemployeemakestheelectionwithinthirty-onedaysofhisorherhire |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12date.Ifanemployeemakestheelectionunderthisparagraph,theproofrequiredunder |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13subdivision(2)ofthissubsectionshallbeproofthattheemployeeiscurrentlycovered |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14byaseparatehealthinsuranceplan.Anyemployeewhomakestheelectionunderthis |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15paragraphshallnotreceivethehealthcarecoverageunderthischapterduringthe |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16calendaryearinwhichtheelectionismade;or |
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| 28 | 28 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 29 | 29 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17 (b)Theemployeemakestheelectionduringanyapplicableopenenrollment |
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| 30 | 30 | | 18periodestablishedbytheboard.Iftheemployeemakestheelectionunderthis |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19paragraph,theproofrequiredundersubdivision(2)ofthissubsectionshallbeproof |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20thattheemployeewillbecoveredbyaseparatehealthinsuranceplanatorbeforethe |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21beginningofthesucceedingcalendaryear.Anyemployeewhomakestheelectionunder |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22thisparagraphshallnotreceivethehealthcarecoverageunderthischapterduringthe |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23succeedingcalendaryear. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24 2.(1)Theannualstipendpaidtoanemployeeundersubsection1ofthissection |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25shallbeequaltofiftypercentoftheamountthatthestatewouldhavepaidtocontribute |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26towardthecostofthehealthcarecoveragefortheindividualemployeeduringthe |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27relevantcalendaryeariftheemployeehadenrolledinsuchcoverage.Contributions |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28thatthestatewouldhavepaidtowardthecostofhealthcarecoverageforanyspouseor |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29dependentsofanemployeeshallnotbeconsideredindeterminingtheamountofthe |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30stipend. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31 (2)Ifanyrelevantperiodinwhichtheemployeeisforgoinghealthcarecoverage |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32undersubsection1ofthissectionislessthanafullcalendaryear,thestipendshallbe |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33proratedaccordingly. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34 3.Theannualstipendpaidtoanemployeeundersubsection1ofthissection |
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| 47 | 47 | | 35shallbetreatedastaxableincomefromstateemployment. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 36 4.Nothinginthissectionshallapplytodentalorvisionbenefitcoverage. |
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| 49 | 49 | | âś” |
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| 50 | 50 | | HB1444 2 |
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