Florida Senate - 2009                             CS for SB 1800
       
       
       
       By the Policy and Steering Committee on Ways and Means; and
       Senator Alexander
       
       
       
       576-04563-09                                          20091800c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the state group insurance program;
    3         amending s. 110.123, F.S.; providing the state’s
    4         monthly contribution to an employee’s health savings
    5         account for the 2009-2010 fiscal year; deleting a
    6         provision that requires that health savings accounts
    7         be administered in accordance with the federal
    8         requirements and limitations of the Medicare
    9         Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act;
   10         providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Subsection (12) of section 110.123, Florida
   15  Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         110.123 State group insurance program.—
   17         (12) HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.—The department is authorized
   18  to establish health savings accounts for full-time and part-time
   19  state employees in association with a health insurance plan
   20  option authorized by the Legislature and conforming to the
   21  requirements and limitations of federal provisions relating to
   22  the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization
   23  Act of 2003.
   24         (a)1. A member participating in this health insurance plan
   25  option shall be eligible to receive an employer contribution
   26  into the employee’s health savings account from the State
   27  Employees Health Insurance Trust Fund in an amount to be
   28  determined by the Legislature. A member is not eligible for an
   29  employer contribution upon termination of employment. For the
   30  2009-2010 2008-2009 fiscal year, the state’s monthly
   31  contribution for employees having individual coverage shall be
   32  $41.66 and the monthly contribution for employees having family
   33  coverage shall be $83.33.
   34         2. A member participating in this health insurance plan
   35  option shall be eligible to deposit the member’s own funds into
   36  a health savings account.
   37         (b) The monthly premiums paid by the employer for a member
   38  participating in this health insurance plan option shall include
   39  an amount equal to the monthly employer contribution authorized
   40  by the Legislature for that fiscal year.
   41         (c) The health savings accounts shall be administered in
   42  accordance with the requirements and limitations of federal
   43  provisions relating to the Medicare Prescription Drug,
   44  Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
   45         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.