Bill Text: IA HF318 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning the right of an employee or member to continue group accident or health insurance upon termination of employment or membership.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-24 - Subcommittee, Cownie, Oldson, and Soderberg. H.J. 402. [HF318 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF318-Introduced.html

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House File 318 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  KELLEY

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning the right of an employee or member to
  2    continue group accident or health insurance upon termination
  3    of employment or membership.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 509B.2, subsection 1, Code 2015, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  As used in this chapter, "termination of employment or
  1  4 membership" includes but is not limited to termination because
  1  5 of permanent or temporary layoff or approved leave of absence,
  1  6 including an absence or reduction in hours due to the injury or
  1  7 illness of the employee or member. A provision in this chapter
  1  8 which relates to termination of insurance under a group policy
  1  9 of an employee or member and the employee's or member's covered
  1 10 dependents includes termination of insurance with respect to
  1 11 the surviving or former spouse or children of an employee or
  1 12 member whose insurance would terminate because of dissolution
  1 13 or annulment of the marriage of the employee or member, or
  1 14 would terminate because of death of the employee or member.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 17 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 18    Code chapter 509B provides that an employee or member has
  1 19 the right to continue their group accident or health insurance
  1 20 which would otherwise terminate because of termination of
  1 21 the employment or membership.  The bill specifies that a
  1 22 "termination of employment or membership" which triggers this
  1 23 right includes an absence or reduction in hours due to the
  1 24 injury or illness of the employee or member.
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