Senate Bill sb2328

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2328

    By Senator Klein





    43-1419A-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to health insurance;

  3         authorizing small business employers to

  4         contract with the Department of Management

  5         Services to purchase coverage in the state

  6         group health insurance plan for their

  7         employees; providing procedures; requiring

  8         recordkeeping by the department; providing for

  9         expiration of the act and legislative review;

10         providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Small employer health insurance; state

15  group health insurance plan.--

16         (1)  Effective July 1, 2004, and subject to federal

17  approval, a small employer, as defined in section 627.6699,

18  Florida Statutes, may contract with the Department of

19  Management Services in order to purchase coverage in the state

20  group health insurance plan for the employer and the

21  employer's eligible employees and the dependents of such

22  employees, as defined in section 627.6699, Florida Statutes.

23  Each small employer who participates in the state group health

24  insurance plan shall collect the employee contribution, in the

25  form of a payroll deduction or other remuneration, from each

26  qualified employee as required by the department by rule. The

27  employer shall also make the required contributions that will

28  be applied toward the cost of the monthly premiums and shall

29  pay an annual administrative fee of not less than $5 per

30  enrollee per month, as determined by the department. The

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2328
    43-1419A-04




 1  individual employer shall determine the employee's

 2  proportionate contribution to the monthly premium.

 3         (2)  The Department of Management Services shall

 4  maintain a separate accounting for all records of small

 5  employers who elect coverage under this section, including all

 6  statistical information necessary for making actuarial

 7  assumptions for the group.

 8         (3)  This section expires July 1, 2009, and shall be

 9  reviewed by the Legislature before that date.

10         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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      Department of Management Services to purchase coverage in
15    the state group health insurance plan for their
      employees. Provides procedures. Requires the department
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