HOUSE BILL NO. 1444 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE COSTLOW.
2816H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To amend chapter 103, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the Missouri consolidated health care plan.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 103, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be 2 known as section 103.087, to read as follows: 103.087. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an active employee who 2 is eligible for coverage in the program of health care benefits established by the board 3 under this chapter may elect not to receive that coverage and instead be paid an annual 4 stipend if all of the following occur: 5 (1) The employee is eligible for a contribution from the state toward the cost of 6 the coverage; 7 (2) The employee makes the election on a form provided by the board and 8 provides proof of coverage under a separate health insurance plan as described under 9 subdivision (3) of this subsection; and 10 (3) Either: 11 (a) The employee makes the election within thirty-one days of his or her hire 12 date. If an employee makes the election under this paragraph, the proof required under 13 subdivision (2) of this subsection shall be proof that the employee is currently covered 14 by a separate health insurance plan. Any employee who makes the election under this 15 paragraph shall not receive the health care coverage under this chapter during the 16 calendar year in which the election is made; or
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language. HB 1444 2
17 (b) The employee makes the election during any applicable open enrollment 18 period established by the board. If the employee makes the election under this 19 paragraph, the proof required under subdivision (2) of this subsection shall be proof 20 that the employee will be covered by a separate health insurance plan at or before the 21 beginning of the succeeding calendar year. Any employee who makes the election under 22 this paragraph shall not receive the health care coverage under this chapter during the 23 succeeding calendar year. 24 2. (1) The annual stipend paid to an employee under subsection 1 of this section 25 shall be equal to fifty percent of the amount that the state would have paid to contribute 26 toward the cost of the health care coverage for the individual employee during the 27 relevant calendar year if the employee had enrolled in such coverage. Contributions 28 that the state would have paid toward the cost of health care coverage for any spouse or 29 dependents of an employee shall not be considered in determining the amount of the 30 stipend. 31 (2) If any relevant period in which the employee is forgoing health care coverage 32 under subsection 1 of this section is less than a full calendar year, the stipend shall be 33 prorated accordingly. 34 3. The annual stipend paid to an employee under subsection 1 of this section 35 shall be treated as taxable income from state employment. 36 4. Nothing in this section shall apply to dental or vision benefit coverage. ✔
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