SB176 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Shay ShelnuttSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

State employees, Chief Executive Officer of the State Employees Insurance Board may approve group insurance offerings

Summary

The bill lets the chief executives of two Alabama state insurance boards approve workplace group benefits offered by already-approved carriers, excluding major medical coverage.

What This Bill Does

It authorizes the Chief Executive Officers of the Alabama State Employees Insurance Board and the Local Government Health Insurance Board, with their boards' consent, to approve offering of group voluntary work site benefit products by insurance carriers that are already approved under existing law and by the Commissioner of Insurance. The benefits covered are voluntary workplace programs and do not include major medical coverage. The approval follows the same process described for other approved carriers in Section 36-1-4.3 of the Code. The act takes effect on the first day of the third month after it is passed and Governor-approved.

Who It Affects

• State employees and local government workers who participate in state employee or local government health insurance programs would have access to new group voluntary work site benefit options offered by approved carriers.
• Insurance carriers that are already approved under existing law (and the Alabama Department of Insurance) could offer these group voluntary work site benefits, subject to board approval.

Key Provisions

• Section 1: Allows the Chief Executive Officers of the Alabama State Employees Insurance Board and the Local Government Health Insurance Board, with the consent of their boards, to approve the offering of group voluntary work site benefit products by insurance carriers that have been approved in the same manner described in Section 36-1-4.3 and by the Commissioner of Insurance, excluding major medical coverage.
• Section 2: Establishes the act's effective date as the first day of the third month following its passage and governor approval.

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Subjects

State Employees