Bill > S1407

This bill modifies health insurance provisions for surviving spouses of deceased public employees by changing the cost-sharing for premiums. Specifically, it amends Section 9B of Chapter 32B of the General Laws to require governmental units to pay one-half of the cost of health insurance premiums for surviving spouses, rather than the entire cost, and it repeals Section 9D of the same chapter. Additionally, the bill removes language from Section 11 of Chapter 32A and Section 9B of Chapter 32B that would have terminated a surviving spouse's insurance coverage upon remarriage. These changes, outlined in Sections 3 and 4, will apply to surviving spouses who remarried before the bill's effective date and whose coverage was subsequently terminated under Chapters 32A or 32B, but the bill clarifies in Sections 5 and 6 that these provisions are prospective and do not grant any retroactive insurance coverage.