Bill Text - SB357 (2010)

Authorizing the judicial retirement plan to deduct a health insurance premium contribution from allowances.


Revision: May 13, 2010, midnight

SB 357-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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2010 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 357-FN

AN ACT authorizing the judicial retirement plan to deduct a health insurance premium contribution from allowances.

SPONSORS: Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill allows the judicial retirement plan to deduct a health insurance premium contribution from monthly retirement allowances of retired judges and spouses.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT authorizing the judicial retirement plan to deduct a health insurance premium contribution from allowances.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Judicial Retirement Plan; Retiree and Spouse Health Insurance Premium Contribution. Amend RSA 100-C by inserting after section 11 the following new section:

100-C:11-a Retiree and Spouse Health Insurance Premium Contribution. Retired judges and spouses under the age of 65 years receiving medical and surgical benefits payable under RSA 21-I:30, shall be responsible for payment of a premium contribution amount of $65 per month for each such retiree and $65 per month for each applicable spouse; provided that the charge to each household shall not exceed $130 per month. The retiree may elect to have the payment required under this section be deducted by the judicial retirement plan from the retiree’s monthly retirement allowance. Deducted amounts shall be remitted to the administrative office of the courts within 14 days along with a statement identifying from whom the deduction was made, and shall be used to pay for plan retiree and spouse health care expenses and any administrative costs related thereto.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBAO

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SB 357-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT authorizing the judicial retirement plan to deduct a health insurance premium contribution from allowances.

FISCAL IMPACT:

    The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014.