HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 807

    Amendment No. 02 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on State Administration offered the following:

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13         Amendment 

14         On page 32, between lines 23 and 24 of the bill

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16  insert:

17         Section 7.  Paragraph (g) of subsection (2), paragraph

18  (g) of subsection (3), and paragraph (h) of subsection (4) of

19  section 110.123, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

20         110.123  State group insurance program.--

21         (2)  DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term:

22         (g)  "Retired state officer or employee" or "retiree"

23  means any state officer or state employee who retires under a

24  state retirement system or a state optional annuity or

25  retirement program or is placed on disability retirement, and

26  who was insured under the state group insurance program at the

27  time of retirement, and who begins receiving retirement

28  benefits immediately after retirement from state office or

29  employment.  In addition to these requirements, state officers

30  or state employees who retire under the Public Employee

31  Optional Retirement Program established under part II of

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 807

    Amendment No. 02 (for drafter's use only)





  1  chapter 121, will be considered a "retired state officer or

  2  employee" or "retiree" as used in this section if:

  3         1.  they meet the age and service requirements to

  4  qualify for normal retirement as set forth in s. 121.021(29);

  5  or

  6         2.  they have attained the federal retirement age,

  7  pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code, governing the avoidance

  8  of federal tax penalty for participants of a defined

  9  contribution plan and have six years of creditable service.

10         (3)  STATE GROUP INSURANCE PROGRAM.--

11         (g)  Participation by individuals in the program shall

12  be available to all state officers, full-time state employees,

13  and part-time state employees; and such participation in the

14  program or any plan thereof shall be voluntary. Participation

15  in the program shall also be available to retired state

16  officers and employees, as defined in subsection (2)(g), who

17  elect at the time of retirement to continue coverage under the

18  program, but they may elect to continue all or only part of

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

20  spouse may elect to continue coverage only under the state

21  group health insurance plan or a health maintenance

22  organization plan.

23         (4)  PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS; CONTRIBUTION BY STATE;

24  LIMITATION ON ACTIONS TO PAY AND COLLECT PREMIUMS.--

25         (h)  State employees may participate in the state group

26  health insurance plan at the time of receiving their state

27  retirement benefits.

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