Bill Text: IA HF2549 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to health insurance by certain peace officers of the department of public safety. (Formerly HSB 654.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-11 - Amendments H-8149, H-8156 and H-8157 filed. H.J. 590. [HF2549 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2549-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
654)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
health
insurance
by
certain
peace
officers
1
of
the
department
of
public
safety.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
80.7
Peace
officers
——
health
1
insurance.
2
1.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
to
the
contrary,
peace
3
officers
employed
within
the
department
that
are
not
covered
4
under
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
shall
have
the
option
5
to
participate
in
the
group
health
insurance
plan
that
is
6
negotiated
under
chapter
20
between
the
state
and
the
state
7
police
officers
council
labor
union
for
peace
officers.
8
2.
The
department
shall
calculate
the
savings
to
the
9
department
for
peace
officers
exercising
the
option
to
10
participate
in
the
group
health
insurance
plan
pursuant
to
11
subsection
1.
The
department
shall
transfer
to
the
special
12
investigations
fund
created
in
section
80.48
from
moneys
13
appropriated
to
the
department
an
amount
equal
to
the
savings
14
calculated
by
the
department.
15
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
80.48
Special
investigations
fund.
16
1.
A
special
investigations
fund
is
established
in
the
state
17
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
department.
The
fund
shall
18
consist
of
moneys
transferred
to
the
fund
pursuant
to
section
19
80.7.
20
2.
Moneys
in
the
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
department
for
21
purposes
of
paying
for
departmental
personnel
to
investigate
22
unsolved
homicides
and
sexual
assaults.
23
3.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
in
the
fund
24
that
remain
unencumbered
or
unobligated
at
the
close
of
a
25
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
but
shall
remain
available
for
26
expenditure
for
the
purposes
designated.
Notwithstanding
27
section
12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
or
earnings
on
moneys
in
28
the
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
fund.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
allows
peace
officers
employed
within
the
33
department
of
public
safety
that
are
not
covered
under
34
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
to
have
the
option
to
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participate
in
the
group
health
insurance
plan
that
is
1
negotiated
between
the
state
and
the
state
police
officers
2
council
labor
union
for
peace
officers.
The
bill
provides
that
3
the
department
shall
calculate
the
savings
to
the
department
4
for
peace
officers
exercising
the
option
provided
by
the
bill
5
and
directs
the
department
to
transfer
moneys
to
a
new
special
6
investigations
fund
created
by
the
bill
in
an
amount
equal
to
7
the
savings.
The
bill
creates
a
new
special
investigations
8
fund
and
provides
that
moneys
in
the
fund
are
appropriated
9
to
the
department
for
purposes
of
paying
for
departmental
10
personnel
to
investigate
unsolved
homicides
and
sexual
11
assaults.
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