Plain English Breakdown
The bill summary and digest text do not specify the exact conditions under which the requirement applies, but based on the official text excerpt, it is clear that a county must offer group insurance to elected officials only if such plans are offered to regular employees and at least one elected official is included.
Health Insurance for County Elected Officials
This bill requires counties in Indiana to offer health insurance plans to their elected officials if they already provide such plans to regular county employees.
What This Bill Does
- Requires a county to offer a program of group insurance to each county elected official if the county offers the program of group insurance to county employees and at least one county elected official.
Who It Names or Affects
- County elected officials
- Counties that offer health insurance plans to their regular employees
Terms To Know
- Group Insurance Program
- A type of health insurance plan offered by an employer to a group of people, such as all the employees in a company or county.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not specify what happens if a county does not offer health insurance plans to its regular employees.
- It is unclear how this will affect counties that do not currently provide group insurance to their employees.