Revision: March 21, 2011, midnight
HB 231-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2011 SESSION
10/05
HOUSE BILL 231-FN
AN ACT relative to payment of medical benefits for state retirees, their spouses, and dependents.
COMMITTEE: Special Committee on Public Employee Pensions Reform
This bill provides that the payment by the state of the premium for the medical benefit for state retirees, their spouses, and dependents shall be subject to a limit on total state general fund cost.
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16Mar2011… 0642h
11-0484
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to payment of medical benefits for state retirees, their spouses, and dependents.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 State Retiree Medical Benefit for Retiree, Spouse, and Dependents. Amend RSA 21-I:30, I to read as follows:
I. The state shall pay a premium toward group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care and other medical benefits plan or a self-funded alternative within the limits of the funds appropriated at each legislative session and providing any change in plan or vendor is approved by the fiscal committee of the general court prior to its adoption for:
(a) Each state employee and permanent temporary or permanent seasonal employee as defined in RSA 98-A:3 including spouse and minor, fully dependent children, if any, and
(b) Subject to the funding limitation under paragraph I-a, each retired employee, as defined in paragraph II of this section, and his or her spouse, or retired employee’s beneficiary, only if an option was taken at the time of retirement and the employee is not now living[, toward group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care and other medical benefits plan or a self-funded alternative within the limits of the funds appropriated at each legislative session and providing any change in plan or vendor is approved by the fiscal committee of the general court prior to its adoption].
I-a. The total cost to the general fund for the benefit provided in subparagraph I(b) shall not exceed $27.5 million, including the administrative costs of the department, in each fiscal year of a biennium. If in any calendar year the total general fund cost of the retiree medical benefit is projected to exceed that amount, the commissioner of the department of administrative services shall, with the prior approval of the fiscal committee of the general court, adjust the plan design of the group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care and other medical benefits plan or the self-funded alternative to reduce the cost of the benefit to that amount.
I-b. Funds appropriated for [this] the purpose described in this section shall not be transferred or used for any other purpose.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.
LBAO
11-0484
01/18/11
HB 231-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to payment of state retiree medical benefits for spouses and dependents.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Due to time constraints, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill at this time. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.