Revision: May 5, 2017, 9:29 a.m.
SB 215-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
03/09/2017 0568s
4May2017... 1527h
2017 SESSION
17-0965
01/04
SENATE BILL 215-FN
SPONSORS: Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. Shurtleff, Merr. 11; Rep. Gile, Merr. 27; Rep. Wallner, Merr. 10
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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This bill requires the department of administrative services and the community college system to analyze the financial impact of including the employees of the community college system in the state health plan.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/09/2017 0568s
4May2017... 1527h 17-0965
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Review of Impact of Community College System Employee Participation in the State Health Plan; Report. The department of administrative services and the community college system shall work together to analyze the financial impact of including the employees of the community college system in the state health plan pursuant to RSA 21-I:26. In order to facilitate this analysis, the community college system shall provide the department of administrative services with a de-identified data file of its health and basic life plan members and the cost data associated with their medical and pharmacy insurance claims for the last 2 years. The department of administrative services shall undertake an assessment of the costs and benefits of the community college system’s participation in such plan. The commissioner of the department of administrative services shall report the findings, including a plan for future action, to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the chairpersons of the house and senate executive departments and administration committees on or before November 1, 2017.
2 Effective date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
17-0965
1/26/17
SB 215-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT permitting the community college system to participate in the state health care plan.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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| Estimated Increase / (Decrease) | |||
STATE: | FY 2018 | FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2021 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
Funding Source: | [ ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Employee and Retiree Benefit Risk Management Fund | |||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill permits the Community College System of NH (CCSNH) to participate in the state health care plan. The Department of Administrative Services (DAS) states that making the state’s active health benefit plan available to the CCSNH employees and family members will be in addition to the other health benefit plans already offered to CCSNH employees. These other health benefit plans are high deductible plans with high out-of-pocket costs compared to the state health care plan. It is therefore likely that CCSNH employees will choose the state health benefit plan and even more so for those employees with higher out-of-pocket costs. DAS bills agencies by subscriber and estimates a CCSNH active employee population of as many as 700 subscribers (a “subscriber” is an individual employee, or an employee and spouse with dependent children, if applicable). DAS would require assistance with benefits administration and would need a 0.5 FTE position, program specialist II, labor grade 28, step 1 at a cost of $33,210 in FY 2018; $31,820 in FY 2019; $32,999 in FY 2020; and $34,448 in FY 2021. DAS indicates this bill will increase the cost of the state’s active health benefit plan by a significant, but indeterminable amount. CCSNH is unable to estimate a fiscal impact, as the cost to CCSNH would be determined by the Commissioner of DAS. CCSNH anticipates some duplicative administrative costs that will increase administrative expenses.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Administrative Services and Community College System of New Hampshire