Senate Bill No. 3–Senators  Raggio,  Titus,  Amodei,  Care,  Carlton,  Coffin,  Jacobsen,  Mathews,  McGinness,  Milburn,  Neal,  O’Connell,  O’Donnell,  Paulk,  Rawson,  Rhoads,  Schneider,  Shaffer,  Townsend,  Washington and  Wiener

 

Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen  Perkins,  Hettrick,  Anderson,  Angle,  Arberry,  Bache,  Beers,  Berman,  Brower,  Brown,  Buckley,  Carpenter,  Cegavske,  Chowning,  Claborn,  Collins,  de Braga,  Dini,  Freeman,  Gibbons,  Giunchigliani,  Goldwater,  Gustavson,  Humke,  Koivisto,  Lee,  Leslie,  Manendo,  Martin,  Marvel,  McClain,  Mortenson,  Neighbors,  Nolan,  Oceguera,  Ohrenschall,  Parks,  Parnell,  Price,  Smith,  Tiffany and  Williams

 

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AN ACT relating to programs for public employees; increasing the amount to be paid by this state for group insurance for certain public employees, public officers and retired public employees; requiring the board of the public employees’ benefits program to issue a request for information or proposals concerning privatization of the program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

   Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 353, Statutes of Nevada 2001, at page

1671, is hereby amended to read as follows:

   Section 1. For the purposes of NRS 287.044 and 287.0445 and

subsection 1 of NRS 287.046, this state’s share of the cost of

premiums or contributions for group insurance for each public officer

or employee who elects to participate in the public employees’

benefits program is:

   1.  For the fiscal year 2001-2002, $357.50 per month.

   2.  For the fiscal year 2002-2003, [$384.50] $465.78 per month.

   Sec. 2.  Section 2 of chapter 353, Statutes of Nevada 2001, at page

1671, is hereby amended to read as follows:

   Sec. 2.  For the purposes of subsection 2 of NRS 287.046, the

base amount for this state’s share of the cost of premiums or

contributions for group insurance for each person who is retired from

the service of this state and continues to participate in the public

employees’ benefits program is:

   1.  For the fiscal year 2001-2002, $202.34 per month.

   2.  For the fiscal year 2002-2003, [$217.84] $263.89 per month.

   Sec. 3.  The board of the public employees’ benefits program shall

ensure that:

   1.  No state employee who is a member of the program is required to

pay, for the fiscal year 2002-2003, any part of the cost of the premiums or

contributions for the program which are attributable to the health benefits

coverage of the employee by the program. The provisions of this

subsection do not prohibit requiring a state employee to pay the cost of the

premiums or contributions attributable to the coverage of the state

employee’s dependents by the program.

   2.  Any money resulting from the amendatory provisions of section 1 of

this act that exceeds the amount necessary to carry out the provisions of

subsection 1 is applied to reserves or used to maintain current health

benefits.

   Sec. 4.  The board of the public employees’ benefits program shall

issue a request for information or a request for proposals to determine

whether privatization of the public employees’ benefits program is

economically feasible. The board of the public employees’ benefits

program shall require that any information or proposals returned in

response to a request issued pursuant to this section are returned to the

board in sufficient time to allow the board to use such information or

proposals when making any decisions regarding any plan for benefits that

will begin on or after July 1, 2003.

   Sec. 5.  This act becomes effective on October 1, 2002.

 

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