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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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A N A C T | |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES | |
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Introduced By: Senators Miller, Sosnowski, Crowley, Sheehan, and DiPalma | |
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Date Introduced: February 13, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Senate Labor | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 36-12-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 36-12 entitled "Insurance |
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Benefits" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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36-12-2. Hospital care and surgical-medical service benefits. -- (a) Employees of the |
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state of Rhode Island shall receive, in addition to wages, salaries, and any other remuneration or |
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benefits, hospital care and surgical-medical services, rights, and benefits purchased by the |
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director of administration pursuant to section 36-12-6, with the specific condition that the benefits |
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and services provided by the carrier(s) will be substantially equivalent to those set forth in any |
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collective bargaining agreement(s) executed between the state of Rhode Island and authorized |
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representatives of the unions representing state employees or the health care coverage presently |
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being provided. Adjunct faculty members at any state college, state junior college, or state |
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university who teach at least fifty percent (50%) of the faculty load hours worked by regular full |
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time faculty in any academic semester shall be eligible for benefits as provided for in this section. |
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(b) The state will work diligently with leadership of organized labor in order to ensure |
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competitive, cost effective health care services for all employees of the state who may be eligible |
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for those benefits. |
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(c) Any new plan must accept pre-existing conditions for those individuals who will be |
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covered by the new policy. |
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(d) Part-time employees whose work week is less than twenty (20) hours a week may |
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purchase the benefits set forth above. The employees shall pay the same rate for the benefits as |
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the group rate paid by the state for the benefits. Payments for the benefits may be deducted in |
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accordance with the provisions of section 36-12-3. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would provide that adjunct faculty members at any state college or university |
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who teach at least fifty percent (50%) of the hours regularly worked by full time faculty in an |
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academic semester would be eligible for state hospital care and surgical-medical service benefit |
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as other state employees. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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