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GA SB484

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/9/2024

Primary Sponsor

Jason Esteves

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Origin

Senate

2023-2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires Georgia's Employee Benefit Plan Council to continually provide deductions or salary reductions for health savings accounts (HSAs) as part of the state's flexible employee benefit plan, beginning January 1, 2025
  • Adds health savings accounts authorized under Section 223 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code to the list of benefits the council is authorized to offer through salary deductions
  • Expands eligibility for the flexible employee benefit plan to explicitly include public school employees alongside state employees and public school teachers
  • Preserves the council's discretion over whether to offer other benefit types (e.g., group life insurance, disability insurance, dependent care spending accounts) but removes that discretion specifically for HSAs, making them mandatory

Legislative Description

State's Employee Benefit Plan Council; establish health savings accounts and continually provide for education or salary reductions for such accounts; require

Last Action

Senate Tabled

2/29/2024

Committee Referrals

Insurance and Labor2/12/2024

Full Bill Text

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