BILL NUMBER: AB 879	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fletcher

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 22890 of the Government Code, relating to
the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 879, as introduced, Fletcher. Public Employees' Medical and
Hospital Care Act.
   Existing law requires the Board of Administration of the Public
Employees' Retirement System to administer the Public Employees'
Medical and Hospital Care Act. Existing law permits a contracting
agency to elect to be subject to the act for its employees and
annuitants, provided that the contracting agency and each employee or
annuitant contribute a portion of the cost of providing the benefit
coverage afforded under the health benefit plan approved or
maintained by the board in which the employee or annuitant may be
enrolled.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 22890 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   22890.  (a) The contracting agency and each employee or annuitant
shall contribute a portion of the cost of providing the benefit
coverage afforded under the health benefit plan approved or
maintained by the board in which the employee or annuitant may be
enrolled.
   (b) An annuitant is entitled to only one employer contribution. If
more than one annuitant is receiving an allowance as the survivor of
the same employee or annuitant, there shall be only one employer
contribution with respect to all  such   of the
 annuitants.
   (c) The contribution of each employee and annuitant shall be the
total cost per month of the benefit coverage afforded him or her
under the health benefit plan or plans in which he or she is enrolled
less the portion thereof to be contributed by the employer. The
employer contribution for each employee and annuitant shall commence
on the effective date of enrollment.