Iowa HF 1016: A bill for an act providing for the continuation of health insurance in certain circumstances for the surviving spouse and each surviving child of employees of the state of Iowa and including retroactive applicability provisions.

Bill Text

House
File
1016
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
1016

BY
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS

(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
913)

(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
112)

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
providing
for
the
continuation
of
health
insurance
in
1

certain
circumstances
for
the
surviving
spouse
and
each
2

surviving
child
of
employees
of
the
state
of
Iowa
and
3

including
retroactive
applicability
provisions.
4

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
5

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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
509A.13E
Health
insurance
coverage
1

——
surviving
spouse
and
children
of
employees
of
the
state
of
2

Iowa.
3

1.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
“eligible
employee
4

of
the
state
of
Iowa”
means
an
employee
of
the
state
of
5

Iowa,
including
but
not
limited
to
any
department,
agency,
6

board,
bureau,
or
commission
of
the
state
of
Iowa,
who
is
7

participating
in
a
state
health
or
medical
group
insurance
plan
8

under
chapter
509A
which
covers
the
employee
at
the
time
of
9

death
of
the
employee
and
whose
death
has
been
determined
by
10

the
department
of
administrative
services
to
be
the
direct
and
11

proximate
result
of
a
traumatic
personal
injury
incurred
in
the
12

performance
of
the
employee’s
work
duties,
and
to
whom
none
of
13

the
following
applies:
14

a.
The
employee’s
death
resulted
from
stress,
strain,
15

occupational
illness,
or
a
chronic,
progressive,
or
congenital
16

illness,
including
but
not
limited
to
a
disease
of
the
heart,
17

lungs,
or
respiratory
system,
unless
the
traumatic
personal
18

injury
was
a
substantial
contributing
factor
to
the
employee’s
19

death.
20

b.
The
employee’s
death
was
caused
by
the
employee’s
21

intentional
misconduct,
or
by
the
employee’s
intent
to
cause
22

the
employee’s
own
death.
23

c.
The
employee
was
voluntarily
intoxicated
at
the
time
of
24

the
employee’s
death.
25

d.
The
employee
was
performing
the
employee’s
duties
in
a
26

grossly
negligent
manner
at
the
time
of
the
employee’s
death.
27

2.
a.
The
governing
body
of
the
state
shall
permit
28

continuation
of
existing
health
insurance
coverage
or
29

reenrollment
in
previously
existing
coverage
for
the
surviving
30

spouse
and
each
surviving
child
of
an
eligible
employee
of
the
31

state
of
Iowa.

32

b.
The
governing
body
of
the
state
shall
permit
continuation
33

of
existing
health
insurance
coverage
for
the
surviving
spouse
34

and
each
surviving
child
of
an
employee
of
the
state
of
Iowa
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who
dies
and
who
is
reasonably
expected
to
be
determined
to
be
1

an
eligible
employee
of
the
state
of
Iowa,
until
such
time
as
2

the
determination
of
eligibility
is
made.
3

3.
The
governing
body
of
the
state
shall
not
be
required
to
4

pay
for
the
cost
of
the
health
insurance
under
this
section;
5

however,
the
governing
body
of
the
state
may
pay
the
full
cost
6

or
a
portion
of
the
cost
of
the
health
insurance,
in
which
case
7

the
department,
agency,
board,
bureau,
commission,
or
other
8

employing
entity
of
the
eligible
employee
of
the
state
of
Iowa
9

shall
bear
the
cost
of
such
health
insurance.
If
the
full
10

cost
or
a
portion
of
the
cost
of
the
coverage
is
not
paid
by
11

the
governing
body
of
the
state,
the
surviving
spouse
and
each
12

surviving
child
who
is
eligible
for
health
insurance
under
this
13

section
may
elect
to
continue
coverage
by
paying
that
portion
14

of
the
cost
of
the
health
insurance
not
paid
by
the
governing
15

body
of
the
state.
16

4.
The
governing
body
of
the
state
shall
notify
the
17

provider
of
health
insurance
coverage
for
state
employees
of
18

the
identity
of
the
surviving
spouse
and
each
surviving
child
19

who
is
to
be
provided
health
insurance
coverage
pursuant
to
the
20

requirements
of
this
section.
21

5.
a.
This
section
shall
not
require
continuation
of
health
22

insurance
coverage
if
the
surviving
spouse
or
a
surviving
child
23

who
would
otherwise
be
entitled
to
continuation
of
health
24

insurance
coverage
under
this
section
was,
through
the
actions
25

of
the
surviving
spouse
or
the
surviving
child,
a
substantial
26

contributing
factor
to
the
death
of
the
eligible
employee
of
27

the
state
of
Iowa.

28

b.
This
section
shall
not
require
continuation
of
health
29

insurance
coverage
if
the
surviving
spouse
or
a
surviving
child
30

becomes
ineligible
for
health
insurance
coverage
under
the
31

terms
of
the
health
insurance
coverage
obtained
by
the
state
32

for
reasons
other
than
the
death
of
the
eligible
employee
of
33

the
state
of
Iowa,
including
but
not
limited
to
ineligibility
34

under
this
chapter,
remarriage
of
the
surviving
spouse,
or
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ineligibility
for
continuing
coverage
for
a
surviving
child
1

pursuant
to
section
509A.13B.
2

Sec.
2.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
3

retroactively
to
January
1,
2024.
4

EXPLANATION
5

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
ge