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AL HB459
Bill
Status
3/22/2016
Primary Sponsor
Phillip Pettus
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AI Summary
HB459 Summary
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Creates the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board (PEHIB) to consolidate governance of the State Employees' Health Insurance Plan and Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan, replacing the separate State Employees' Insurance Board (SEIB) and Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board (PEEHIB).
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Establishes PEHIB membership including five ex officio members (State Superintendent of Education, Director of Finance, State Health Officer, State Personnel Director, and Secretary-Treasurer of Employees' Retirement System), four appointed members from executive and legislative branches, and four elected representatives from active and retired state and education employees.
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Allows the new PEHIB to combine the two separate health insurance plans and amends numerous sections of Alabama Code to replace all references to SEIB and PEEHIB with PEHIB, transferring all property rights and contractual obligations effective January 1, 2017.
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Revises membership of related boards including the Public Education Flexible Employees Benefits Board, Health Care Data Advisory Council, and Alabama Prescription Cost Initiative Board to add PEHIB members and remove SEIB and PEEHIB members.
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Designates PEHIB as trustee for the Alabama Retired State Employees' Health Care Trust and Alabama Retired Education Employees' Health Care Trust; repeals Section 36-29-2 relating to SEIB effective January 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
State Employees' Health Insurance Plan and Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan, creation of the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board to govern the plans, membership and qualifications, revision of membership of the Public Education Flexible Employee Benefits Board, the Healthcare Data Advisory Council, and the Alabama Prescription Cost Initiative, Secs. 9-10A-20, 11-91-8, 12-5A-9, 16-13-231, 16-25A-1, 16-25A-2, 16-25A-2.1, 16-25A-3, 16-25A-7, 16-25A-8, 16-25A-15, 16-25A-16, 16-25A-17, 16-25A-42, 22-11A-118, 36-1-6.2, 36-27-6.4, 36-29-1, 36-29-3, 36-29-5, 36-29-6, 36-29-13, 36-29-14, 36-29-14.1, 36-29-15, 36-29-17, 36-29-18, 36-29-19.9, 36-29A-2, 36-34-2, 36-35-3, 36-36-1, 36-36-3, 36-36-4, 36-36-5, 36-36-6, 36-36-7, 41-10-725 am'd.
Insurance
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government
3/22/2016