Amendment
Bill No. 0685
Amendment No. 754313
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Pickens offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Between lines 383 and 384, insert:
5     Section 4.  Section 112.0801, Florida Statutes, is amended
6to read:
7     112.0801  Group insurance; participation by retired
8employees.--
9     (a)  Any state agency, county, municipality, special
10district, community college, or district school board which
11provides life, health, accident, hospitalization, or annuity
12insurance, or all of any kinds of such insurance, for its
13officers and employees and their dependents upon a group
14insurance plan or self-insurance plan shall allow all former
15personnel who have retired prior to October 1, 1987, as well as
16those who retire on or after such date, and their eligible
17dependents, the option of continuing to participate in such
18group insurance plan or self-insurance plan. Retirees and their
19eligible dependents shall be offered the same health and
20hospitalization insurance coverage as is offered to active
21employees at a premium cost of no more than the premium cost
22applicable to active employees. For the retired employees and
23their eligible dependents, the cost of any such continued
24participation in any type of plan or any of the cost thereof may
25be paid by the employer or by the retired employees. To
26determine health and hospitalization plan costs, the employer
27shall commingle the claims experience of the retiree group with
28the claims experience of the active employees; and, for other
29types of coverage, the employer may commingle the claims
30experience of the retiree group with the claims experience of
31active employees. Retirees covered under Medicare may be
32experience-rated separately from the retirees not covered by
33Medicare and from active employees, provided that the total
34premium does not exceed that of the active group and coverage is
35basically the same as for the active group.
36     (b)  For purposes of this section "retiree" means any
37officer or employee who retires under a state retirement system
38or a state optional annuity or retirement program or is placed
39on disability retirement and who begins receiving retirement
40benefits immediately after retirement from employment. In
41addition to these requirements, any officer or employee who
42retires under the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program
43established under part II of chapter 121 shall be considered a
44"retired officer or employee" or "retiree" as used in this
45section if he or she:
46     1.  Meets the age and service requirements to qualify for
47normal retirement as set forth in s. 121.021(29); or
48     2.  Has attained the age specified by s. 72(t)(2)(A)(i) of
49the Internal Revenue Code and has 6 years of creditable service.
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52     Remove line 21 and insert:
53Retirement Program; amending s. 112.0801, F.S.; providing a
54definition for the term "retiree" for purposes of participation
55in group insurance; providing an effective date.


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