Iowa SF 2102: A bill for an act relating to applicant priority and grant award amounts under the teach Iowa scholar program.

Bill Text

Senate
File
2102
-
Introduced

SENATE
FILE
2102

BY
DONAHUE

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
health
care
coverage
of
certain
public
1

school
district
personnel
under
the
state
health
insurance
2

plan,
providing
fees,
making
appropriations,
and
including
3

effective
date
provisions.
4

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
8A.471
Definitions.
1

As
used
in
this
part,
unless
the
context
otherwise
requires:
2

1.
“Nonstate
public
employee”
means
an
employee
or
elected
3

official
of
a
public
school
district
who
is
not
part
of
a
4

bargaining
unit
guaranteed
the
right
to
negotiate
the
terms
of
5

health
insurance
coverage
under
section
20.9.
6

2.
“State
health
or
medical
group
insurance
plan”
or
“state
7

plan”
means
a
health
or
medical
group
insurance
plan
for
8

employees
of
the
state.
9

Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION

.
8A.472
Nonstate
public
employees
——
10

coverage.
11

1.
Nonstate
public
employees
may
obtain
coverage
under
the
12

state
plan
in
accordance
with
this
section.
13

2.
A
public
school
district
may
submit
an
application
14

to
the
department
for
coverage
under
the
state
plan
of
all
15

of
the
public
school
district’s
nonstate
public
employees.
16

If
a
public
school
district
submits
such
an
application
for
17

coverage,
the
department
shall
provide
such
coverage
no
later
18

than
the
first
day
of
the
third
calendar
month
following
such
19

application.
20

3.
Premium
rates
for
public
school
districts
shall
be
the
21

total
premium
rate
paid
by
the
state
inclusive
of
any
premiums
22

paid
by
state
employees
for
the
particular
state
health
care
23

product
offered
by
the
state
plan.
24

Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION

.
8A.473
Premium
payments
——
25

administrative
fees.
26

1.
A
public
school
district
participating
in
the
state
plan
27

shall
pay
the
monthly
amount
determined
by
the
department,
for
28

coverage
of
its
employees
or
elected
officials
as
appropriate
29

under
the
state
plan.
A
public
school
district
may
require
30

each
covered
employee
or
elected
official
to
contribute
a
31

portion
of
the
cost
of
such
coverage
under
the
state
plan,
32

subject
to
any
collective
bargaining
obligation
applicable
to
33

the
public
school
district.
If
any
payment
due
by
a
public
34

school
district
under
this
section
is
not
timely
paid,
after
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the
due
date
interest
shall
be
added
to
such
payment
at
the
1

prevailing
rate
of
interest,
as
determined
by
the
department.
2

Such
interest
shall
be
paid
by
the
public
school
district.
3

2.
The
department
shall
charge
a
public
school
district
4

participating
in
the
state
plan
an
administrative
fee
5

calculated
on
a
per-month
basis
per
covered
employee
or
elected
6

official.
7

3.
Payments
made
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
be
deposited
8

in
the
Iowa
health
care
coverage
partnership
program
trust
fund
9

created
in
section
8A.474.
10

4.
If
a
public
school
district
fails
to
make
premium
11

payments
as
required
under
this
section,
the
department
may
12

direct
the
treasurer
of
state,
or
any
other
office
of
the
state
13

that
is
the
custodian
of
any
moneys
made
available
by
reason
14

of
any
grant,
allocation,
or
appropriation
by
the
state
or
15

state
agencies
payable
to
the
public
school
district
at
any
16

time
subsequent
to
the
failure
of
the
public
school
district,
17

to
pay
such
premiums
and
interest
that
are
due
and
unpaid
and
18

to
withhold
payment
of
moneys
payable
to
the
public
school
19

district
until
the
amount
of
the
premiums
and
interest
then
20

due
and
unpaid
by
the
public
school
district
has
been
paid
21

to
the
state
or
until
the
treasurer
of
state
determines
that
22

arrangements,
satisfactory
to
the
treasurer
of
state,
have
been
23

made
for
the
payment
of
such
premiums
and
interest.
However,
24

such
moneys
shall
not
be
withheld
from
a
public
school
district
25

if
such
withholding
will
adversely
affect
the
receipt
of
any
26

federal
grant
or
aid
in
connection
with
such
moneys.
27

Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION

.
8A.474
Iowa
health
care
coverage
28

partnership
program
trust
fund.
29

1.
An
Iowa
health
care
coverage
partnership
program
trust
30

fund
is
created
in
the
state
treasury
under
the
control
of
31

the
department.
The
trust
fund
shall
consist
of
all
moneys
32

deposited
in
the
fund
and
other
assets
that
must
be
held
in
33

trust
and
is
appropriated
to
the
department
for
the
exclusive
34

benefit
of
nonstate
public
employees
covered
under
the
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state
plan,
including
for
payment
of
insurance
premiums
and
1

administrative
fees
for
nonstate
public
employees
covered
under
2

the
state
plan.
3

2.
The
director
is
the
trustee
of
the
fund
and
shall
4

administer
the
fund.
Any
loss
to
the
fund
shall
be
charged
5

against
the
trust
and
the
director
shall
not
be
personally
6

liable
for
such
loss.
7

3.
Moneys
in
the
fund
are
not
subject
to
section
8.33.
8

Notwithstanding
s