Bill Text: AZ HB2705 | 2022 | Fifty-fifth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Appropriation; teachers' dependents; insurance premiums

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-09 - House read second time [HB2705 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2022-HB2705-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: appropriation; teachers' dependents; insurance premiums

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

 

 

 

HB 2705

 

Introduced by

Representatives Shah: Hernandez A, Longdon, Pawlik, Schwiebert

 

 

AN ACT

 

Appropriating monies to the department of education.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Appropriation; department of education; insurance premium subsidies

A. The sum of $___________ is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the department of education for insurance premium subsidies for teachers' dependents.

B. The department of education shall use the amount appropriated pursuant to subsection A of this section to provide school districts and charter schools with funding for a partial subsidy for increased health and dental insurance premiums for teachers' dependents for fiscal year 2022-2023.

C. On or before December 1, 2022, the department shall allocate to each school district and charter school in this state the amount of funding needed to partially subsidize the increased health and dental insurance premiums for the dependents of each teacher who teaches at the school district or charter school during the 2022-2023 school year and who taught at an Arizona school district or charter school during the 2021-2022 school year. Each school district or charter school shall use its allocation only to partially subsidize the increased health and dental insurance premiums for the dependents of each teacher who taught at an Arizona school district or charter school during the 2021-2022 school year and who teaches at the school district or charter school during the 2022-2023 school year.