Senate Bill sb1422

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1422

    By Senator Carlton





    23-1845-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to state employees; amending s.

  3         110.123, F.S.; specifying the amount of the

  4         employer contribution to employee health

  5         savings accounts for the 2007-2008 fiscal year;

  6         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.  Subsection (12) of section 110.123, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         110.123  State group insurance program.--

13         (12)  HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.--The department is

14  authorized to establish health savings accounts for full-time

15  and part-time state employees in association with a health

16  insurance plan option authorized by the Legislature and

17  conforming to the requirements and limitations of federal

18  provisions relating to the Medicare Prescription Drug,

19  Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.

20         (a)1.  A member participating in this health insurance

21  plan option shall be eligible to receive an employer

22  contribution into the employee's health savings account from

23  the State Employees Health Insurance Trust Fund in an amount

24  to be determined by the Legislature. A member is not eligible

25  for an employer contribution upon termination of employment.

26  For the 2007-2008 2006-2007 fiscal year, the state's monthly

27  contribution for employees having individual coverage shall be

28  $41.66 and the monthly contribution for employees having

29  family coverage shall be $83.33.

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1422
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 1         2.  A member participating in this health insurance

 2  plan option shall be eligible to deposit the member's own

 3  funds into a health savings account.

 4         (b)  The monthly premiums paid by the employer for a

 5  member participating in this health insurance plan option

 6  shall include an amount equal to the monthly employer

 7  contribution authorized by the Legislature for that fiscal

 8  year.

 9         (c)  The health savings accounts shall be administered

10  in accordance with the requirements and limitations of federal

11  provisions relating to the Medicare Prescription Drug,

12  Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.

13         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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      employee health savings accounts for the 2007-2008 fiscal
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