BILL NUMBER: AB 695	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mansoor

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 22800 of the Government Code, relating to
public employees' health benefits.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 1.  Section 22800 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   22800.  (a) An employee or annuitant is eligible to enroll in an
approved health benefit plan, in accordance with this part and the
regulations of the board.
   (b) Regulations may provide for the exclusion of employees on the
basis of the nature,  conditions   condition
 , and type of their employment, including, but not limited to,
short-term appointments, seasonal or intermittent employment, and
employment of a like nature. However,  no   an
 employee may  not  be excluded solely on the basis of
the hazardous nature of the employment.