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This bill permits certain municipalities to transfer a portion of its public employees from its locally-administered health benefits program into the State Health Benefits Program (SHBP). Currently, a municipality with its own health benefits program may transition all of its public employees into SHBP on an "all or nothing basis." However, this bill permits municipalities of the first class, a municipality with a population of more than 150,000, the option to transfer certain employees from the municipality's health benefits program into SHBP, while retaining in their locally-administered health benefits program any other employees not transferred to the State program. Under the bill, a governing body of a municipality thereof that elects to transfer certain employees into SHBP is required to provide, in writing, notice to those employees of its intent to change providers for those employees not less than 45 days prior to the date that the change in providers would be effective. The governing body is also required to provide those employees, or their majority representative, with the master plan documents of both the current and proposed benefits prior to implementation of any changes.

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Sandra Cunningham (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee (on 01/11/2022)

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