Bill Title: Survivor health coverage. Provides that, if the employer of a public safety officer who dies in the line of duty after June 30, 2018, offers health coverage for active employees, the employer shall offer to provide and pay for health coverage under the plan covering active employees for the surviving spouse and each natural child, stepchild, and adopted child of the public safety officer. Provides that health coverage for a surviving child continues: (1) until the child becomes 18 years of age; (2) until the child becomes 23 years of age, under certain circumstances; or (3) during the entire period

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-4)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-02-06 - First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance [SB0152 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Michael Crider [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-028	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ronnie Alting [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-022	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator James Merritt [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jack Sandlin [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Blake Doriot [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-012	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jon Ford [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-038	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator David Niezgodski [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Eddie Melton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Karen Tallian [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Lonnie Randolph [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ed Charbonneau [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-005	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Susan Glick [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Dennis Kruse [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-014	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robert Cherry [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-053	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Randall Frye [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-067	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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