Bill Text: MA S1053 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: Eliminate the waiting period for insurance coverage for seasonal employees of the commonwealth rehired

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-20 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means [S1053 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1053-Introduced.html

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Eldridge, James - Rep. (HOU)

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
                Court assembled:

                The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act to eliminate the waiting period for insurance coverage for seasonal employees of the Commonwealth rehired

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester


 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act to eliminate the waiting period for insurance coverage for seasonal employees of the Commonwealth re-hired .



                Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 1. 

Section 2 (b) of Chapter 32A shall be amended to include the following sentence after the words “emergency employees” in line 17:-

      “Seasonal employees who are hired annually and who are entitled to insurance shall be eligible for insurance coverage from the first day of their second and subsequent seasons of employment.”          

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