CHAPTER 115

HB 1118 - FINAL VERSION

2002 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1118

AN ACT relative to participation by certain judges in the state employee group health and dental insurance programs.

SPONSORS: Rep. Reid, Straf 12

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill allows part-time justices in the district courts and part-time judges in the probate courts to join at their own expense the state employee group health and dental insurance programs.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

AN ACT relative to participation by certain judges in the state employee group health and dental insurance programs.

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

115:1 New Section; Group Insurance Participation. Amend RSA 491-A by inserting after section 4 the following new section:

491-A:5 Group Insurance Participation. To the extent that a part-time justice of the district courts or a part-time judge of the probate courts is not covered by health and dental insurance through the judicial branch personnel policies, the part-time justice of the district courts or part-time judge of the probate courts may participate at his or her own expense in the group health and dental insurance plans afforded full-time state employees.

115:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: May 3, 2002)

(Effective Date: July 2, 2002)