BILL NUMBER: AB 587	CHAPTERED  10/05/05

	CHAPTER  527
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 5, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 5, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 16, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 12, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Negrete McLeod

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2005

   An act to amend Section 22844 of the Government Code, relating to
public employees' health benefits.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 587, Negrete McLeod   Public employees: health benefits.
   The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act requires the
Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System to
approve health benefit plans for certain public employees and
annuitants, and authorizes the board to contract with carriers
offering health benefit plans. The act prohibits employees,
annuitants, and family members who become eligible on or after
January 1, 1985, for Part A and Part B of Medicare from enrolling in
a basic health benefit plan.
   This bill would further prohibit employees, annuitants, and family
members enrolled in a prescription drug plan under Part D of
Medicare from enrolling in a board-approved health benefit plan,
unless enrolled in an approved Medicare Advantage plan.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 22844 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   22844.  (a) Employees, annuitants, and family members who become
eligible to enroll on or after January 1, 1985, for Part A and Part B
of Medicare may not be enrolled in a basic health benefit plan. If
the employee, annuitant, or family member is enrolled in Part A and
Part B of Medicare, he or she may enroll in a Medicare health benefit
plan.
   (b) Employees, annuitants, and family members enrolled in a
prescription drug plan under Part D of Medicare may not be enrolled
in a board-approved health benefit plan. This subdivision does not
apply to an individual enrolled in a board-approved Medicare
Advantage health benefit plan offered under this part.
   (c) This section does not apply to employees and family members
that are specifically excluded from enrollment in a Medicare health
benefit plan by federal law or regulation.