HB11 Alabama 2012 1st Special Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jim Barton

Republican

Session

First Special Session 2012

Title

General fund budget, appropriations for ordinary expenses of executive, legislative, and judicial departments

Description

Under existing law, when a peace officer, firefighter, or a volunteer firefighter is killed in the line of duty or dies as a result of an injury received in the line of duty, his or her surviving spouse is required to pay the full premium cost in order to continue to have health insurance coverage under the State Employees' Health Insurance Board (SEHIB) plan.

This bill would allow the surviving spouse or dependants to continue to be covered by the SEHIB plan and the cost would be paid from the State Treasury.

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Subjects

Appropriations