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