Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ANTHONY M. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris and Somerset)
Assemblywoman BETTYLOU DECROCE
District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Assemblyman JAY WEBBER
District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Clifton
SYNOPSIS
Requires certain elected officials and appointed officers eligible for dual health benefits coverage to choose coverage by one public entity.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act prohibiting dual public employer health insurance coverage for certain State and local elected officials and appointed officers and supplementing P.L.1979, c.391 (18A:16-12 et seq.), Title 40A of the New Jersey Statues, and P.L.1961, c.49 (C.52:14-17.25 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any provision of any other law to the contrary, any person holding State or local elective public office, or serving as an appointed member of a governing or advisory body of an independent authority, board, commission, agency or instrumentality of the State, or of a political subdivision thereof who, because of service in that office and service in any other public office or employment, would be eligible for health insurance coverage under more than one plan or program, shall select coverage under only one such plan or program and shall not accept any amount of money in consideration for filing a waiver of coverage.
2. Notwithstanding any provision of any other law to the contrary, any person holding State or local elective public office, or serving as an appointed member of a governing or advisory body of an independent authority, board, commission, agency or instrumentality of the State or of a political subdivision thereof, who, because of service in that office and service in any other public office or employment, would be eligible for health insurance coverage under more than one plan or program, shall select coverage under only one such plan or program and shall not accept any amount of money in consideration for filing a waiver of coverage.
3. Notwithstanding any provision of any other law to the contrary, any person holding State or local elective public office, or serving as an appointed member of a governing or advisory body of an independent authority, board, commission, agency or instrumentality of the State or of a political subdivision thereof, who, because of service in that office and service in any other public office or employment, would be eligible for health insurance coverage under more than one plan or program, shall select coverage under only one such plan or program and shall not accept any amount of money in consideration for filing a waiver of coverage.
4. This act shall take effect on the 60th day following enactment and shall be applicable to all State and local elected officials and appointed members of a governing or advisory body of an independent authority, board, commission, agency or instrumentality of the State or of a political subdivision thereof enrolled in the State Health Benefits Program or any other health care plan sponsored by a government entity on the effective date of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits dual public employer health care coverage of a State or local elected official or an appointed member of a governing or advisory body of an independent authority, board, commission, agency or instrumentality of the State. Under the bill, any person holding State or local elective public office, or serving as an appointed member of a governing or advisory body of an independent authority, board, commission, agency or instrumentality of the State, who, because of service in that office and service in any other public office or employment, is eligible for publicly paid health insurance coverage under more than one plan or program, must select coverage under only one such plan or program, within 60 days of enactment.