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AR HB1327
Bill
Status
4/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Les Warren
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AI Summary
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Amends Arkansas Code § 21-5-411 to require state and public school retirees to be vested members of a qualifying retirement system (APERS, ATRS, Highway Employees' Retirement, Judicial Retirement, or an alternate plan) in addition to having 5 cumulative years of program participation before retirement
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Changes eligibility language from requiring retirees to be "drawing benefits under" a retirement system to being "retired as determined by" the system
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Adds federal law exception clauses allowing retirees to continue or qualify for coverage after declining participation, except when prohibited by federal law
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Replaces terminology throughout the statute, changing "plan" to "program" and spelling out "State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program" instead of using "the program"
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Approved April 3, 2025 as Act 451 of the Regular Session
Legislative Description
To Amend The Law Concerning The Eligibility Of Certain Retired Employees Under The State And Public School Life And Health Insurance Program.
Last Action
Notification that HB1327 is now Act 451
4/3/2025