Existing law provides that a member of the Senate or Assembly who elects to participate in the Public Employees' Benefits Program shall pay the entire premium or contribution for the member's insurance. (NRS 287.044) Section 2 of this bill provides instead that if a member of the Senate or Assembly who is elected or appointed to a term beginning after November 5, 2024, elects to participate in the Program: (1) the Legislative Counsel Bureau is required to pay to the Program the amount specified by law as if the member were employed by the Legislative Counsel Bureau on a permanent and full-time basis; and (2) the member must arrange with the Program for the payment of premiums or contributions. Any such arrangement must require the member to pay such a premium or contribution based on the actual amount of the premium or contribution after deducting certain amounts. Section 1 of this bill makes a conforming change to update an internal reference to a subsection that is renumbered in section 2.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 287.0435, 287.044
Reprint 1: 287.0435, 287.044
BDR: 287.0435, 287.044