AB 714, as introduced, Melendez. State employees: health benefits.
Existing law requires the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System to approve health benefit plans, to contract with carriers offering health benefit plans, and to administer a program to provide health benefits to state employees. Existing law requires the state and each employee 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. Under existing law, enrollment in a health benefit plan serves as authorization of the deduction of the contribution from the salary of an employee.
This bill would authorize an employee to elect not to enroll in a health benefit and to elect to be paid the contribution that the employer would have made toward the cost of benefits.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 22830 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
(a) An employee or annuitant, under eligibility rules
2as prescribed by board regulations, may enroll in a health benefit
3plan approved or maintained by the board either as an individual
4or for self and family.
5(b) Enrollment shall serve as authorization of the deduction of
6the contributions required under this part from the salary of an
7employee or allowance of an annuitant.
8(c) (1) During the open enrollment period or at any other time
9an employee would otherwise be permitted to make a change to
10his or her health benefit plan, an employee may elect not to
enroll
11in any health benefit plan approved or maintained by the board.
12(2) If an employee makes the election described in paragraph
13(1), no deduction of the contributions required under this part
14shall be made from the salary of the employee, and the employee
15may also elect to be paid the contribution that the employer would
16have made pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 22870)
17or 8 (commencing with Section 22890).
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