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1998 SESSION
SB 173 Health insurance; purchase by surviving spouse.
Introduced by: J. Randy Forbes | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
State health insurance; purchase of continued health insurance by surviving spouse and dependents of certain public safety employees. Provides that the spouse and any dependents of a deceased local public safety employee (law-enforcement officer, firefighter, etc.) who purchase continued health insurance coverage shall pay the same portion of the applicable premium as active employees pay for the same class of coverage, and the local government employer that employed the deceased shall pay the remaining portion of the premium. The bill also provides that at no time shall a surviving spouse or dependent pay more for continued health insurance coverage than active employees pay under the same plan for the same class of coverage. The bill specifies that it applies to spouses and dependents of covered employees who died on or after January 1, 1994.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/98 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 984488657 pdf
- 02/12/98 Senate: Printed as engrossed 984488657-E pdf
- 03/30/98 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB173ER) pdf
- 05/04/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0699) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/98 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 984488657
- 01/14/98 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/20/98 Senate: Reported from Local Government w/amd. (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/98 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/98 Senate: Recommitted to Finance
- 02/10/98 Senate: Reported from Finance (17-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/98 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/98 Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/98 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/12/98 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/12/98 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/12/98 Senate: Printed as engrossed 984488657-E
- 02/13/98 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/98 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/98 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/17/98 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/98 House: Read first time
- 02/18/98 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 03/10/98 House: Reported from Appropriations (30-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/98 House: Read second time
- 03/11/98 House: Read third time
- 03/11/98 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/12/98 House: Read third time
- 03/12/98 House: Passed House (92-Y 6-N)
- 03/12/98 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (92-Y 6-N)
- 03/30/98 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB173ER)
- 04/06/98 Senate: Enrolled
- 04/06/98 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/08/98 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/16/98 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 699 (effective 7/1/98)
- 05/04/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0699)