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