State employees and officials group insurance eligibility.

WORKING DRAFT
2006
STATE OF
WYOMING
06LSO-0395

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0127

State employees and officials group insurance eligibility.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Edwards

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to state employees and officials group insurance; providing for enrollment by employees of crime victims services providers; providing for rules; providing a definition; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 9
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219 is created to read:

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219.

Crime victim service provider employees membership in plan.

(a)

Subject to subsection (d) of this section, an employee of a crime victim service provider receiving state funds pursuant to W.S. 1
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118 is eligible for coverage under the group insurance plan at premium rates established by the department provided:

(i)

Any crime victim service provider employee eligible for membership in the group insurance plan on July 1, 2006 shall have thirty-one (31) days to either elect to be enrolled or not be enrolled in the plan. The department shall establish the procedure by which eligible employees shall notify the department of their decision within the prescribed thirty-one (31) day period
;

(ii)

An eligible crime victim service provider employee who becomes employed after July 1, 2006 has thirty-one (31) days from the initial date of employment to elect to be enrolled or not be enrolled in the group insurance plan
;

(iii)

Crime victim service provider employees who elect not to be enrolled within the time prescribed in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subsection may be enrolled at a later date upon conditions the department may impose, such as a
specified open enrollment period and
the exclusion of preexisting conditions from coverage.

(b)

Any eligible crime victim service provider employee may elect to have his dependents covered by the group insurance plan as follows:

(i)

The election shall be made at the time the employee becomes enrolled in the plan, under procedures the department may establish. If dependent coverage is not elected at the time that an employee becomes enrolled in the plan, dependent coverage may be elected at a later date under conditions the department may impose, such as
a specified open enrollment period and
the exclusion of preexisting conditions from coverage;

(ii)

Any employee who has elected to have his dependents covered as provided in paragraph (i) of this subsection, and who subsequently has a change in the number of his dependents, may at the time of the change increase or decrease the number of his dependents covered by the group insurance plan under procedures established by the department;

(iii)

Any employee who has no eligible dependents at the time he becomes enrolled in the group insurance plan, and who later has an eligible dependent may, at the time his dependency status changes, elect coverage for the dependent under procedures established by the department.

(c)

The department shall establish procedures by which the eligible crime victim service provider employee shall make application within the thirty-one (31) day period provided under subsection (a) of this section.

(d)

The department shall, by rule and regulation, establish a minimum number of employees of any individual crime victim service provider which shall elect to be enrolled in the plan in order for any employee to be enrolled in the plan.

Section 2.

W.S. 9
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203(a)(xiv) and by creating a new paragraph (xv) and 9
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207 by creating a new subsection (e) are amended to read:

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Definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(xiv)

"This act" means W.S. 9
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202 through
9
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218
9
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219
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(xv)

"Crime victim service provider" means as defined in W.S. 1
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118(b).

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Eligibility for membership in plan; state employees; 31 day period to elect enrollment; new employees; later enrollment.

(e)

A crime victim service provider employee is eligible for coverage under the group insurance plan subject to the provisions of W.S. 9
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219.

Section 3.

This act is effective July 1, 2006.

(END)

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