HB177 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Phillip Pettus Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

State Employees' Health Insurance Plan and Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan, creation of the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board to govern the plans, membership and qualifications, revision of membership of the Public Education Flexible Employee Benefits Board, the Healthcare Data Advisory Council, and the Alabama Prescription Cost Initiative, Sec. 36-29-2 repealed; Secs. 9-10A-20, 11-91-8, 11-91A-1, 11-91A-2, 11-91A-4 to 11-91A-7, inclusive, 12-5A-9, 16-13-231, 16-25A-1, 16-25A-2, 16-25A-2.1, 16-25A-3, 16-25A-7, 16-25A-8, 16-25A-15, 16-25A-16, 16-25A-17, 16-25A-42, 22-11A-118, 36-1-6.2, 36-27-6.4, 36-29-1, 36-29-3, 36-29-5, 36-29-6, 36-29-13, 36-29-14, 36-29-14.1, 36-29-15, 36-29-17, 36-29-18, 36-29-19.9, 36-29A-2, 36-34-2, 36-35-3, 36-36-1, 36-36-3, 36-36-4, 36-36-5, 36-36-6, 36-36-7, 41-10-725 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, the State Employees' Health Insurance Plan and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan are governed by the State Employees' Insurance Board (SEIB) and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board (PEEHIB), respectively.

This bill would create a new board, titled the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board (PEHIB), to govern these two health insurance plans.

This bill would provide for the membership of the board, election and qualifications of certain members, and terms for appointed and elected members.

This bill would provide that all references to the State Employees' Insurance Board and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board in state law be amended to reference the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board.

This bill would allow the new Public Employees' Health Insurance Board to combine the State Employees' Health Insurance Plan and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan.

This bill would revise the membership of the Public Education Flexible Employees Benefits Board, the Health Care Data Advisory Council, and the Alabama Prescription Cost Initiative Board to add members of the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board and to remove members of the State Employees' Insurance Board and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board.

This bill would revise the Alabama Retired Education Employees' Health Care Trust and Alabama Retired State Employees' Health Care Trust to provide for governance by the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board.

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Subjects

Insurance