House of Representatives

SB 1286

government employee health insurance

Sponsors: Solomon

DP	Committee on Retirement & Government Operations
DP	Committee on Appropriations
X	Caucus and COW
	As Passed the House

SB 1286 increases the statutory expenditure limits on state health and accident coverage for state employees and their dependents.

History

The Department of Administration (DOA) is authorized to expend public monies to procure health and accident coverage for full-time officers, employees of the state and its departments and agencies and their dependents. DOA is required to seek a variety of plans, including indemnity health insurance, hospital and medical service plans, dental plans and health maintenance organizations. It is required that the Arizona health care cost containment system be a qualifying plan for the provision of health and accident coverage for state employees, however, not the exclusive plan offered to them. Current law caps the expenditure of public monies for individual coverage at $215 and $460 for family coverage.

Provisions

· Increases the statutory expenditure limits on state health and accident coverage from $215 to $500 for individual coverage and from $460 to $1,200 for family coverage.

SB 1286 passed the Retirement and Government Operations committee unamended.

SB 1286 passed the Appropriations Committee unamended.

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45th Legislature

First Regular Session 2 April 18, 2001

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