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SENATE BILL NO. 1362 – Military deployment, health insurnc

SENATE BILL NO. 1362

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S1362.......................................by COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES
HEALTH INSURANCE - MILITARY DEPLOYMENT - Amends existing law to clarify
that persons deployed in the military who shall also be officers or
employees of the state shall be entitled to their existing medical benefits
from the state for the first thirty days of a deployment and this shall not
decrease any existing leave balances.
                                                                        
02/08    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/09    Rpt prt - to Com/HuRes
02/17    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/20    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/22    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES -- Andreason, Brandt(Harper), Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett,
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
      Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Langhorst,
      Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson,
      Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Keough
    Floor Sponsor - Stennett
    Title apvd - to House
02/23    House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/07    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/08    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16    3rd rdg - PASSED - 64-0-6
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
      Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford,
      Cannon, Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Deal, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
      Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Hart, Harwood, Henbest, Henderson,
      Jaquet, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews,
      McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pence,
      Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler,
      Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(24),
      Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Crow, Denney, Garrett, Pasley-Stuart,
      Smith(30), Wood
    Floor Sponsor - Skippen
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/17    To enrol
03/20    Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/21    To Governor
03/23    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 172
         Effective: 03/23/06

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1362
                                                                        
                         BY COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO PERSONS IN THE MILITARY;  AMENDING SECTION 46-225, IDAHO CODE,  TO
  3        CLARIFY  THAT  PERSONS DEPLOYED IN THE MILITARY WHO SHALL ALSO BE OFFICERS
  4        OR EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THEIR EXISTING MEDICAL BEN-
  5        EFITS FROM THE STATE FOR THE FIRST THIRTY DAYS OF A  DEPLOYMENT  AND  THIS
  6        SHALL  NOT  DECREASE  ANY  EXISTING LEAVE BALANCES; AND DECLARING AN EMER-
  7        GENCY.
                                                                        
  8    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  9        SECTION 1.  That Section 46-225, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 10    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        46-225.  VACATION,  SICK  LEAVE,  BONUS,  HEALTH INSURANCE AND ADVANCEMENT
 12    UNAFFECTED BY LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Such absence for military training  shall  not
 13    affect  the  employee's  right  to receive normal vacation, sick leave, bonus,
 14    advancement, and other advantages of his employment normally to be anticipated
 15    in his particular position. All officers and employees of the state  of  Idaho
 16    who  shall  be members of the national guard or who shall be reservists in the
 17    armed forces of the United States shall also be  entitled  to  their  existing
 18    medical  benefits  for  the  first thirty (30) days of a deployment ordered or
 19    authorized under the provisions of the national defense act, and such entitle-
 20    ment shall not decrease any existing accrued leave balances.
                                                                        
 21        SECTION 2.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
 22    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 23    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS 15906C2

The intent of this legislation is to cover a loophole in Idaho
Code that leaves the dependents of Idaho National Guard Members
who are also state employees without their health care coverage
for 30 days during a time of deployment. When an Idaho National
Guard member is called to active duty the military automatically
covers the guard member s health care insurance under Tn-Care.
This benefit is not offered to the dependents of guard members
until thirty days after deployment. When the call of duty does
not align with the state s health insurance premium payments, the
Guard member and family members currently covered by state
insurance loses health care coverage with the state. A guard
member can lengthen employment time and keep existing benefits
with the state if they use vacation leave to help cover the gap
of time until the family is picked up by the military coverage.
In some case guard members do not have the vacation time accrued
and they are left without any options. This bill would spare
guard member s well-earned vacation time and would continue
health care coverage for Idaho Guard families until they are
otherwise covered.


                           FISCAL IMPACT

In the rare occasions of this event the state would be require to
pay its portion of the employees health care premium for thirty
extra days, which is approximately $500/month.





Contact
Name:   Sen. Clint Stennett
        Sen. Kate Kelly
        Rep. Mike Mitchell
        Rep. Kathy Skippen Phone: 332 1351
    


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                 S 1362