Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 183 - Cert retired pub school & comm col emp; health ins

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1. Coleman  80th          2. Coleman  142nd          3. Smith  175th
4. Cummings  27th         5. Purcell  147th          6. Godbee  145th


House Comm: Ret        / Ins            Senate Comm:            /                                   
House Vote: Yeas       Nays             Senate Vote: Yeas     Nays                                  
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               House          Action         Senate                                                 
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              1/12/95  Read 1st Time                                                                
              1/13/95  Read 2nd Time                                                                
              1/26/96  Recommitted                                                                  
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Withdrawn and Recommitted                                                                           
                                                                                                    
Code Sections amended: 20-2-915                                                                     


HB 183                                            LC 21 2902






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 20-2-915 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to health insurance coverage for
  1- 3  retiring and retired public school and certain community
  1- 4  college employees and dependents, so as to provide such
  1- 5  coverage for certain retired public school and community
  1- 6  college employees; to repeal a certain Act; to repeal
  1- 7  conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 8       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 9  Code Section 20-2-915 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1-10  Annotated, relating to health insurance coverage for
  1-11  retiring and retired public school and certain community
  1-12  college employees and dependents, is amended by striking in
  1-13  its entirety subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof
  1-14  the following:

  1-15    "(b) The contract or contracts shall provide for health
  1-16    insurance for retired former public school employees and
  1-17    retired former employees of a community college operated
  1-18    and funded by a local school system and their spouses and
  1-19    dependent children, as defined by the regulations of the
  1-20    board, under such terms as the board may deem appropriate
  1-21    the same terms as are applicable to persons subject to
  1-22    subsection (a) of this Code section.  The former retired
  1-23    employees shall include individuals who retired prior to
  1-24    January 1, 1987, and who receive benefits from one of the
  1-25    retirement systems operated by the state or by a local
  1-26    school system.  The costs of employer contributions and
  1-27    the administration of providing such insurance may be
  1-28    assessed against such retired former employees or may
  1-29    shall be appropriated to the Department of Education.
  1-30    Such retired former employees shall pay premiums for such
  1-31    health insurance in an amount set by the board after
  1-32    consideration of the amount appropriated to the Department
  1-33    of Education.  The board shall adopt regulations
  1-34    prescribing the conditions under which a retired former


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  2- 1    employee may elect to participate in or withdraw from the
  2- 2    plan."

                         Section 2.

  2- 3  An Act to amend Code Section 20-2-915 of the Official Code
  2- 4  of Georgia Annotated, approved April 14, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987,
  2- 5  p. 1037), specifically including without limitation Section
  2- 6  2 of such Act, is expressly repealed.

                         SECTION 3.

  2- 7  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2- 8  repealed.




































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