HB 0361 2004
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to nursing home employer health insurance;
3	authorizing nursing home employers to contract with the
4	Department of Management Services to purchase coverage in
5	the state group health insurance plan for certain persons;
6	providing participation requirements; requiring the
7	department to maintain certain records; providing an
8	effective date.
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10	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12	Section 1. Nursing home employer health insurance; state
13	group health insurance plan.--
14	(1) A nursing home employer which participates in the
15	Medicaid program may contract with the Department of Management
16	Services to purchase coverage in the state group health
17	insurance plan for the employer and the employer's eligible
18	employees and dependants of such employees. Each nursing home
19	employer who participates in the state group health insurance
20	plan shall collect the employee contribution, in the form of a
21	payroll deduction or other remuneration, from each qualified
22	employee as required by the department by rule. The employer
23	shall also make the required contributions that will be applied
24	toward the cost of the monthly premiums and shall pay an annual
25	administrative fee of not less than $5 per enrollee per month,
26	as determined by the department. The employee's proportionate
27	contribution to the monthly premium shall not be in excess of
28	that charged to state employees enrolled in the state group
29	health insurance plan.
30	(2) The Department of Management Services shall maintain a
31	separate accounting for all records of nursing home employers
32	who elect coverage under this section, including all statistical
33	information necessary for making actuarial assumptions for the
34	group.
35	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.