Senate Bill 1712

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1712

    By Senator Campbell





    33-1079-00                                          See HB 707

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the state group insurance

  3         program; amending s. 110.123, F.S.; providing a

  4         period of time during which certain retired

  5         officers and employees may elect to participate

  6         under the program; providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Paragraph (f) of subsection (3) of section

11  110.123, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

12         110.123  State group insurance program.--

13         (3)  STATE GROUP INSURANCE PROGRAM.--

14         (f)1.  Participation by individuals in the program

15  shall be available to all state officers, full-time state

16  employees, and part-time state employees; and such

17  participation in the program or any plan thereof shall be

18  voluntary. Participation in the program shall also be

19  available to retired state officers and employees who elect at

20  the time of retirement to continue coverage under the program,

21  but they may elect to continue all or only part of the

22  coverage they had at the time of retirement. A surviving

23  spouse may elect to continue coverage only under the state

24  group health insurance plan or a health maintenance

25  organization plan.

26         2.  Commencing on July 1, 2000, there shall be a

27  one-time period of 90 days during which retired state officers

28  and employees who did not elect at the time of retirement to

29  continue coverage under the program may elect to participate

30  in the program with all or part of the coverage they had at

31  the time of retirement.

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1712
    33-1079-00                                          See HB 707




  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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  5                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides for a one-time 90-day period commencing on July
  7    1, 2000, during which retired officers and employees who
      did not elect to continue coverage under the state group
  8    insurance program at the time of retirement may elect to
      participate in the program.
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