Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 2374
       
       
       
       By Senator Alexander
       
       
       
       
       17-01612-10                                           20102374__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the state group insurance program;
    3         amending s. 110.123, F.S.; establishing the state’s
    4         monthly contributions for employees who have
    5         individual coverage and for employees who have family
    6         coverage; providing an effective date.
    7  
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Subsection (12) of section 110.123, Florida
   11  Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         110.123 State group insurance program.—
   13         (12) HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.—The department is authorized
   14  to establish health savings accounts for full-time and part-time
   15  state employees in association with a health insurance plan
   16  option authorized by the Legislature and conforming to the
   17  requirements and limitations of federal provisions relating to
   18  the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization
   19  Act of 2003.
   20         (a)1. A member participating in this health insurance plan
   21  option shall be eligible to receive an employer contribution
   22  into the employee’s health savings account from the State
   23  Employees Health Insurance Trust Fund in an amount to be
   24  determined by the Legislature. A member is not eligible for an
   25  employer contribution upon termination of employment. For the
   26  2010-2011 2009-2010 fiscal year, the state’s monthly
   27  contribution for employees having individual coverage shall be
   28  $41.66 and the monthly contribution for employees having family
   29  coverage shall be $83.33.
   30         2. A member participating in this health insurance plan
   31  option shall be eligible to deposit the member’s own funds into
   32  a health savings account.
   33         (b) The monthly premiums paid by the employer for a member
   34  participating in this health insurance plan option shall include
   35  an amount equal to the monthly employer contribution authorized
   36  by the Legislature for that fiscal year.
   37         (c) The health savings accounts shall be administered in
   38  accordance with the requirements and limitations of federal
   39  provisions relating to the Medicare Prescription Drug,
   40  Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
   41         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.