Amendment No. 912

 

Senate Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 286                                                                   (BDR 23‑1124)

Proposed by: Committee on Finance

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:               Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

Adoption of this amendment will MAINTAIN an unfunded mandate not requested by the affected local government to AB286 (§ 1).

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend sec. 3, page 3, by deleting lines 42 and 43 and inserting:

“for the benefit of all state officers and employees and other persons who participate in the Program.”.

     Amend sec. 3, page 4, by deleting lines 7 through 18 and inserting:

“rates and coverage for active and retired state officers and employees and their dependents, commingle the claims experience of such active and retired officers and employees and their dependents.

     (b) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, negotiate and contract with the governing body of any public agency enumerated in NRS 287.010 that wishes to obtain group insurance for its active and retired officers [, employees and retired] and employees and their dependents by participation in the Program. The Board shall establish separate rates and coverage for [those officers, employees and retired] active and retired officers and employees of those public agencies and their dependents based on actuarial reports [.] that commingle the claims experience of such active and retired officers and employees and their dependents.”.

     Amend sec. 4, page 6, by deleting lines 41 through 44 and inserting:

     “(b) The rates set forth in the contract are based on :

          (1) For active and retired state officers and employees and their dependents, the commingled claims experience of such active and retired [state] officers and employees and their dependents; and

          (2) For active and retired officers and employees of public agencies enumerated in NRS 287.010 that contract with the Program to obtain group insurance by participation in the Program and their dependents, the commingled claims experience of such active and retired officers and employees and their dependents.”.

     Amend sec. 10, page 11, by deleting line 14 and inserting:

     “Sec. 10.  1.  This section and section 8 of this act become effective on July 1, 2003.

     2.  Sections 1 to 7, inclusive, and 9 of this act become effective on October 1, 2003.”.

     Amend the title of the bill by deleting the seventh through tenth lines and inserting:

“government to ensure that rates established for coverage for their programs of group insurance are the same for all participants; requiring the Board of the Public Employees’ Benefits Program to establish rates and coverage for active and retired officers and employees of local governments that participate in the Program and their dependents based on the separate commingled claims experience of those active and retired officers and employees and their dependents; providing a period of open”.