Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: School bus drivers; state will pay health insurance cost for PERS retirees employed as.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
1 | 01/04 (H) Referred To Appropriations | |
2 | 02/01 (H) Died In Committee |
Effective date | Passage | |
Disposition | Dead | |
Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
Revenue | No | |
Vote type required | Three/Fifths |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Guice
Additional Author: Holland
Code Sections: A 025-0015-0003, A 025-0015-0015, A 037-0151-0095, A 025-0011-0127
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 25-15-3, 25-15-15 AND 37-151-95, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE SHALL PAY 100% OF THE COST OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR ALL RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM WHO ARE EMPLOYED BY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS; TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-127, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE AMOUNT PAID BY THE STATE FOR THE COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR THOSE RETIREES SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE SALARY, EARNED COMPENSATION OR AVERAGE COMPENSATION OF THOSE RETIREES WHO ARE EMPLOYED AFTER RETIREMENT; TO AUTHORIZE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT EMPLOYED THOSE RETIREES AS SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS DURING THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 2003, THROUGH THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT TO REIMBURSE THE RETIREES FOR THE AMOUNT OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS THAT THEY PAID DURING THAT TIME, USING ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE DISTRICT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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