Revision: Jan. 14, 2009, midnight
HB 335 – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
10/09
HOUSE BILL 335
AN ACT relative to the state retiree health plan commission.
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill add 2 legislative members to the state retiree health plan commission under RSA 100-A:56 and requires the commission to study future costs of post-employment benefits.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0763
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to the state retiree health plan commission.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 State Retiree Health Plan Commission; Members and Duty Added. Amend RSA 100-A:56 to read as follows:
100-A:56 State Retiree Health Plan Commission.
I. There is hereby established a state retiree health plan commission consisting of the following members:
(a) [One member] Two members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) [One member] Two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
(c) One member appointed by the governor.
(d) The state treasurer.
(e) The commissioner of the department of administrative services.
II. Legislative members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate while attending to the duties of the commission.
III. The commission shall:
(a) Determine the actuarial assumptions to be used in the actuarial valuation of liabilities relative to state retiree health benefits.
(b) Ensure that an actuarial valuation report is completed by a qualified, independent actuary and submitted to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the governor, on or before December 1 of every even-numbered year.
(c) Study the impact of anticipated future costs of other post-employment benefits and recommend any necessary legislation or change in policy or practice.
IV. The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. [Three] Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. The terms of the members of the commission shall be coterminous with their terms of office.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.