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HB 2243 Line of Duty Act; clarifies provisions of Act.
Introduced by: S. Chris Jones | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Line of Duty Act. Clarifies provisions of the Line of Duty Act, including clarifying that suspension or reinstatement of health insurance benefits begins and ends at the beginning of a health insurance plan year rather than in the middle of a plan year and recognizing current practice that the Line of Duty Act administrator provides materials for training. The bill codifies certain provisions of the Line of Duty Act that currently are in the appropriation act. The bill modifies the provision that would have disqualified, effective July 1, 2017, the surviving spouse of a deceased member who remarried from receiving health insurance benefits, by restricting the disqualification to surviving spouses who remarry on or after July 1, 2017. The bill contains an emergency clause.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/11/17 17101597D pdf | impact statement
- 02/06/17 House: Printed as engrossed 17101597D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2243ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0439) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/11/17 17101597D
- 01/11/17 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/16/17 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement
- 02/02/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/17 House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/17 House: Read first time
- 02/06/17 House: Read second time
- 02/06/17 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/06/17 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2243E
- 02/06/17 House: Printed as engrossed 17101597D-E
- 02/07/17 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/15/17 Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/17 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/21/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2243ER)
- 02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- 02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/13/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 439 (effective 3/13/17)
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0439)