Bill Text: NH SB261 | 2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Allowing the commissioner of administrative services to administer the health benefits of certain retirees of the State Employees Association of New Hampshire.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-05 - Signed by the Governor on 08/01/2014; Chapter 0318; Effective 09/30/2014 [SB261 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2014-SB261-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 318
SB 261 – FINAL VERSION
02/19/14 0524s
06/04/14 1943CofC
2014 SESSION
SENATE BILL 261
AN ACT allowing the commissioner of administrative services to administer the health benefits of certain retirees of the State Employees’ Association of New Hampshire.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Gilmour, Dist 12; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Sen. Watters, Dist 4
This bill authorizes the commissioner of the department of administrative services to administer the health benefits of certain retirees of the State Employees’ Association of New Hampshire who were in the plan as of July 1, 2013.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/19/14 0524s
06/04/14 1943CofC
14-2693
10/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT allowing the commissioner of administrative services to administer the health benefits of certain retirees of the State Employees’ Association of New Hampshire.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
318:1 State Employees Group Insurance; Administration. Amend RSA 21-I:27 to read as follows:
21-I:27 Administration.
I. Administration of the state employees permanent group life and state employees and retirees group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care and other medical and surgical insurance benefits shall be the responsibility of the commissioner of administrative services. If the commissioner of administrative services concludes that inclusion of the university system of New Hampshire in the health plan would best serve the interests of the state employees and the state of New Hampshire, then the commissioner shall, with the consent of the university system board of trustees, administer the health benefits of the university system of New Hampshire employees as set forth in this subdivision.
II. The commissioner may administer the health benefits of the employees of the State Employees’ Association of New Hampshire, Inc., SEIU, Local 1984, [AFL-CIO, CLC,], and certain retirees of the Association who were in the plan as of July 1, 2013, as set forth in this subdivision until such time as the commissioner concludes that the inclusion of the State Employees’ Association employees and certain retirees does not serve the interests of the state employees and the state of New Hampshire. The State Employees’ Association shall timely pay to the department of administrative services the cost of the premium for its participating employees and retirees in the plan.
318:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: August 1, 2014
Effective Date: September 30, 2014
