| HB 1359 - St trooper/GBI agent killed in line of duty; health ins for dependents |
First Reader Summary
A BILL to amend Code Section 45-18-9 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to right of continuation of health
insurance coverage for spouse or dependents of deceased employees
under the State Employees' Health Insurance Plan, so as to
provide that at the time of death of any trooper of the Uniform
Division of the Department of Public Safety or agent of the
Georgia Bureau of Investigation who is killed in the line of
duty, or receives bodily injury in the line of duty which results
in death, any spouse or dependent child or children of such a
trooper or agent may be included in the coverage of such contract
or contracts for health insurance under certain conditions; to
and including June 30, 2000; and for other purposes. and for
other purposes.
HB 1359 LC 10 3084
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1- 1 To amend Code Section 45-18-9 of the Official Code of
1- 2 Georgia Annotated, relating to right of continuation of
1- 3 health insurance coverage for spouse or dependents of
1- 4 deceased employees under the State Employees' Health
1- 5 Insurance Plan, so as to provide that at the time of death
1- 6 of any trooper of the Uniform Division of the Department of
1- 7 Public Safety or agent of the Georgia Bureau of
1- 8 Investigation who is killed in the line of duty or receives
1- 9 bodily injury in the line of duty which results in death
1-10 within 12 months thereafter and who was the beneficiary of a
1-11 certain contract or contracts for health insurance but whose
1-12 spouse or dependent child or children were not included in
1-13 the coverage of such contract or contracts, any spouse or
1-14 dependent child or children of such a trooper or agent may
1-15 be included in the coverage of such contract or contracts
1-16 for health insurance under certain conditions; to provide
1-17 that the State Personnel Board may promulgate and adopt
1-18 rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this
1-19 Act; to define a certain term; to provide that the
1-20 provisions of this Act shall apply to the spouse or
1-21 dependent child or children of certain troopers of the
1-22 Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety or
1-23 agents of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation who were
1-24 killed in the line of duty or received bodily injury in the
1-25 line of duty which resulted in death during the period from
1-26 July 1, 1997, to and including June 30, 2000; to repeal
1-27 conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
1-28 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
1-29 SECTION 1.
1-30 Code Section 45-18-9 of the Official Code of Georgia
1-31 Annotated, relating to right of continuation of health
1-32 insurance coverage for spouse or dependents of deceased
1-33 employees under the State Employees' Health Insurance Plan,
1-34 is amended by adding following subsection (d) new
1-35 subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
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2- 1 "(e) At the time of death of any trooper of the Uniform
2- 2 Division of the Department of Public Safety or agent of
2- 3 the Georgia Bureau of Investigation who is killed in the
2- 4 line of duty or receives bodily injury in the line of duty
2- 5 which results in death within 12 months thereafter and who
2- 6 was the beneficiary of said contract or contracts for
2- 7 health insurance but whose spouse or dependent child or
2- 8 children were not included in the coverage of the contract
2- 9 or contracts, any spouse or dependent child or children of
2-10 such a trooper or agent may be included in the coverage of
2-11 the contract or contracts for health insurance as provided
2-12 in this article upon agreeing to pay contributions to the
2-13 cost of such coverage as may be provided by rules and
2-14 regulations of the board. The board may promulgate and
2-15 adopt rules and regulations governing the initial,
2-16 continuance, and discontinuance of coverage by any such
2-17 spouse or dependent child or children. For the purposes of
2-18 this subsection, the term 'in the line of duty' has the
2-19 same meaning as provided in paragraph (5) of Code Section
2-20 45-9-81.
2-21 (f) At the time of death of any trooper of the Uniform
2-22 Division of the Department of Public Safety or agent of
2-23 the Georgia Bureau of Investigation who was killed in the
2-24 line of duty or received bodily injury in the line of duty
2-25 which resulted in death during the period from July 1,
2-26 1997, to and including June 30, 2000, and who was the
2-27 beneficiary of said contract or contracts for health
2-28 insurance but whose spouse or dependent child or children
2-29 were not included in the coverage of the contract or
2-30 contracts, any spouse or dependent child or children of
2-31 such a trooper or agent may be included in the coverage of
2-32 the contract or contracts for health insurance as provided
2-33 in this article upon agreeing to pay contributions to the
2-34 cost of such coverage as may be provided by rules and
2-35 regulations of the board. The board may promulgate and
2-36 adopt rules and regulations governing the initial,
2-37 continuance, and discontinuance of coverage by any such
2-38 spouse or dependent child or children; provided, however,
2-39 that to be included in the coverage of the contract or
2-40 contracts for health insurance as provided in this
2-41 article, a spouse or dependent child or children eligible
2-42 under this subsection shall be required to make
2-43 application for such health insurance coverage prior to
2-44 April 1, 2001. For the purposes of this subsection, the
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3- 1 term 'in the line of duty' has the same meaning as
3- 2 provided in paragraph (5) of Code Section 45-9-81."
3- 3 SECTION 2.
3- 4 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
3- 5 repealed.
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Clerk of the House
Robert E. Rivers, Jr., Clerk
Last Updated on 02/04/00
