2001 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 331-FN-LOCAL

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill extends the payment of medical insurance premiums of eligible retired members of the retirement system to minor, fully dependent children of the retired member.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 State Employees Group Insurance; Retired Employees. Amend RSA 21-I:30, I to read as follows:

I. The state shall pay a premium for each state employee and permanent temporary or permanent seasonal employee as defined in RSA 98-A:3 including spouse and minor, fully dependent children, if any, and each retired employee, as defined in paragraph II of this section, and [his] the retired member's spouse and minor, fully dependent children, if any, or retired employee's beneficiary, only if an option was taken at the time of retirement and the employee is not now living, toward group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care and other medical benefits plan within the limits of the funds appropriated at each legislative session and providing any change in plan or vendor is approved by the fiscal committee of the general court prior to its adoption. Funds appropriated for this purpose shall not be transferred or used for any other purpose.

2 Retirement System; Payment of Medical Benefits; Group II. Amend RSA 100- A:52, I(b) and (c) to read as follows:

(b) The spouse and minor, fully dependent children, if any, of such a qualified retiree.

(c) The surviving spouse of a deceased retired group II member who met the qualifications of subparagraph (a), or of a deceased member who died while in service as a group II member, and minor, fully dependent children, if any, provided that such surviving spouse was covered as the member's spouse in the employer-sponsored plan before the member's death and is entitled to a monthly allowance under RSA 100-A:8, 100-A:9, 100-A:12 or 100-A:13.

3 Retirement System; Payment of Medical Benefits; Group I Teachers and Political Subdivision Members. Amend RSA 100-A:52-a, I(d) to read as follows:

(d) The surviving spouse of a deceased retired group I teacher member or political subdivision employee member who met the qualifications of subparagraphs (a), (b) or (c), or of a deceased member who died while in service as a group I teacher member or political subdivision employee member, and minor, fully dependent children, if any, provided that such surviving spouse was covered as the member's spouse in the employer-sponsored plan before the member's death and is entitled to a monthly allowance under RSA 100-A:8, 100-A:9, or 100-A:13.

4 Retirement System; Payment of Medical Benefits; Group I Teachers and Political Subdivision Members. Amend RSA 100-A:52-a, I(h) to read as follows:

(h) The spouse and minor, fully dependent children, if any, of a qualified retiree.

5 Funding. The funds required for any additional cost for payment of medical insurance premiums as provided in this act shall be transferred from the respective balance of the special account established in RSA 100-A:16, II(h).

6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

LBAO

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HB 331-FN-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE

FISCAL IMPACT: