AB 695, as introduced, Mansoor. Public employees’ health benefits.
The Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA), which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS), authorizes the board to contract for health benefit plans for employees and annuitants, as defined. PEMHCA requires the state and each employee or annuitant to contribute a portion of the cost of providing the benefit coverage afforded under the approved health benefit plan in which the employee or annuitant is enrolled. Contributions and premiums paid under PEMHCA are deposited in the Public Employees’ Health Care Fund and the Public Employees’ Contingency Reserve Fund, which are continuously appropriated funds.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to a provision of the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 22800 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
(a) An employee or annuitant is eligible to enroll in
2an approved health benefit plan, in accordance with this part and
3the regulations of the board.
4(b) Regulations may provide for the exclusion of employees on
5the basis of the nature,begin delete conditionsend deletebegin insert conditionend insert, and type of their
6employment, including, but not limited to, short-term appointments,
7seasonal or intermittent employment, and employment of a like
8nature. However,begin delete noend deletebegin insert anend insert
employee maybegin insert notend insert be excluded solely on
9the basis of the hazardous nature of the employment.
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