GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	1
SENATE BILL 775
     

 
Short Title:	State Health Plan/Bd. Member Benefits.	()	
Sponsors:	Senator Rand.	
Referred to:	Health Care.	
April 2, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE COVERAGE UNDER THE TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' COMPREHENSIVE MAJOR MEDICAL PLAN FOR MEMBERS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COUNCILS WHICH ARE STAFFED BY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE COVERED UNDER THE PLAN.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 135‑40.2(a) is amended by adding the following new subdivision to read:
"§ 135‑40.2.  Eligibility.
(a)	The following persons are eligible for coverage under the Plan, on a noncontributory basis, subject to the provisions of G.S. 135‑40.3:
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(9)	Members of regulatory boards and commissions and members of advisory boards, commissions, and councils who are not otherwise covered by this subsection and who receive staff support from employees who are covered by the Plan through an employing unit."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 135‑40.2(b) is amended by adding the following new subdivisions to read:
"§ 135‑40.2. Eligibility.
(b)	The following person shall be eligible for coverage under the Plan, on a fully contributory basis, subject to the provisions of G.S. 135‑40.3:
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(14)	Former members of regulatory boards and commissions and former members of advisory boards, commissions, and councils who were covered or would have been eligible for coverage under G.S. 135-40.2(a)(9) and who have served for a minimum of five years on the regulatory and advisory boards.
(15)	The spouses and eligible dependent children of members of boards, commissions, and councils enrolled under G.S. 135-40.2(a)(9) and G.S. 135-40.2(b)(14). The surviving spouses of deceased members of boards, commissions, and councils are also eligible for coverage under this subsection provided the surviving spouse was covered by the Plan at the time of death."
SECTION 3.  Funds required to implement this act shall be allocated from the operating budgets of the departments, agencies, institutions, boards, and commissions whose employees are already covered by the Teachers' and State Employees' Comprehensive Major Medical Plan. Nothing in this act obligates the General Assembly to appropriate funds for the purposes of this act.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2002.