HB 1111-1_ Filed 01/17/2006, 11:22 Orentlicher
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PREVAILED Roll Call No. _______
FAILED Ayes _______
WITHDRAWN Noes _______
RULED OUT OF ORDER
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HOUSE MOTION ____
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MR. SPEAKER:
I move that House Bill 1111 be amended to read as follows:
SOURCE: Page 1, line 1; (06)MO111102.1. -->
Page 1, between the enacting clause and line 1, begin a new
paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 5-10-8-6.8; (06)MO111102.1. -->
"SECTION 1. IC 5-10-8-6.8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2006]:
Sec. 6.8. (a) As used in this section,
"small employer" means a private employer that employs at least
six (6) but not more than fifty (50) full-time employees.
(b) As used in this section, "state employee health plan" means:
(1) a self-insurance program established under section 7(b) of
this chapter to provide group health coverage; or
(2) a contract with a prepaid health care delivery plan entered
into by the state personnel department under section 7(c) of
this chapter.
(c) The state personnel department shall allow a small employer
to provide coverage of health care services for employees of the
small employer under any state employee health plan available to
state employees in the same part of the state.
(d) IC 27-8-15 does not apply to coverage provided to employees
of a small employer under this section.
(e) A small employer's employee who receives coverage of health
care services under a state employee health plan under subsection
(c) must:
(1) receive coverage equal to the coverage provided to state
employees under the state employee health plan; and
(2) be allowed the same degree of choice under the health plan
as is given to state employees.
(f) The premium rate that applies to a small employer's
employee who is covered under a state employee health plan under
this section must be the same premium rate that applies to a state
employee for the same coverage.".
SOURCE: Page 4, line 28; (06)MO111102.4. -->
Page 4, after line 28, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: ; (06)MO111102.9. -->
"SECTION 9. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2006]
(a) The state
personnel department shall implement the requirements of
IC 5-10-8-6.8, as added by this act, not later than July 1, 2007.".
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to HB 1111 as printed January 11, 2006.)
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Representative Orentlicher
MO111102/DI 51 2006