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AL HB439

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/16/2019

Primary Sponsor

Timothy Wadsworth

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2019

AI Summary

  • Provides a one-time funded lump-sum payment of $800.00 to Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) retirees and beneficiaries who retired before October 1, 2019, and are receiving or entitled to receive monthly benefits on September 30, 2020.

  • Extends the $800.00 lump-sum payment to beneficiaries of deceased TRS members or retirees if the member's death or retiree's retirement occurred before October 1, 2019, and the beneficiary is receiving or entitled to receive monthly allowance on September 30, 2020.

  • Excludes individuals receiving Medicaid benefits whose eligibility would be impaired by the lump-sum payment, and those who apply for Medicaid after receiving the payment and whose eligibility is subsequently impaired.

  • Requires the Teachers' Retirement System to distribute all lump-sum payments to eligible recipients in December 2019.

  • Funding for the payments shall be included in the Education Trust Fund budget act for fiscal year 2020; becomes effective immediately upon passage and gubernatorial approval.

Legislative Description

Teachers' Retirement System, retirees and beneficiaries, receiving benefits on a certain date, one-time lump sum payment, payment in Dec. 2019, funding to be in Education Trust Fund budget for fiscal year commencing in Oct. 2019.

Teachers' Retirement System

Last Action

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education

4/16/2019

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means Education4/16/2019

Full Bill Text

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