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1998 SESSION

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SB 173 Health insurance; purchase by surviving spouse.

Introduced by: J. Randy Forbes | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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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.


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