BILL NUMBER: AB 1031	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Thurmond

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to add Section 22892.1 to the Government Code, relating to
public employee health benefits.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1031, Thurmond. Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care
Act: contracting entities.
   The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA),
which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public
Employees' Retirement System, governs the funding and provision of
postemployment health care benefits for eligible retired public
employees and their families. PEMHCA permits certain public entities
that meet specified eligibility criteria to elect to obtain health
benefit plans through PEMHCA as contracting members.
   This bill would specify that a contracting agency that has elected
to be subject to PEMHCA is required to fulfill its employer
contribution obligations for health benefits, which may include
reimbursement for Medicare Part B premiums, as specified.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 22892.1 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   22892.1.  A contracting agency that has elected to be subject to
this part shall fulfill its obligations with respect to employer
contributions for health benefits, which may include reimbursement
for Medicare Part B premiums, as mutually agreed upon through
collective bargaining or as required by statute, or pursuant to a
vesting schedule statutorily imposed or approved in a memorandum of
understanding.