Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 60
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11 Senator Fasano moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 2. Section 112.0801, Florida Statutes, is
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19 112.0801 Group insurance; participation by retired
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21 (1) Any state agency, county, municipality, special
22 district, community college, or district school board which
23 provides life, health, accident, hospitalization, or annuity
24 insurance, or all of any kinds of such insurance, for its
25 officers and employees and their dependents upon a group
26 insurance plan or self-insurance plan shall allow all former
27 personnel who have retired prior to October 1, 1987, as well
28 as those who retire on or after such date, and their eligible
29 dependents, the option of continuing to participate in such
30 group insurance plan or self-insurance plan. Retirees and
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1 hospitalization insurance coverage as is offered to active
2 employees at a premium cost of no more than the premium cost
3 applicable to active employees. For the retired employees and
4 their eligible dependents, the cost of any such continued
5 participation in any type of plan or any of the cost thereof
6 may be paid by the employer or by the retired employees. To
7 determine health and hospitalization plan costs, the employer
8 shall commingle the claims experience of the retiree group
9 with the claims experience of the active employees; and, for
10 other types of coverage, the employer may commingle the claims
11 experience of the retiree group with the claims experience of
12 active employees. Retirees covered under Medicare may be
13 experience-rated separately from the retirees not covered by
14 Medicare and from active employees, provided that the total
15 premium does not exceed that of the active group and coverage
16 is basically the same as for the active group.
17 (2) For the purposes of determining eligibility to
18 participate in group insurance under this section, the term
19 "retiree" means, with respect to a person who has retired
20 under the Florida Retirement System, a person who has retired
21 on or after reaching his or her normal retirement date, as
22 defined in s. 121.021. With respect to a person who has
23 retired under a state retirement system other than the Florida
24 Retirement System or a nonstate retirement system, the term
25 "retiree" includes any person who has retired on or after
26 reaching the normal retirement date as defined for that
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
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6 amending s. 112.0801, F.S.; defining the term
7 "retiree" for purposes of determining
8 eligibility of public-employer retirement
9 system retirees to participate in group
10 insurance of the system's employees;
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