HB 1111-1_ Filed 01/17/2006, 11:22 Orentlicher


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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.
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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