HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4508

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 10, 2022.

The committee on Public Service to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1695) of Diana DiZoglio for legislation relative to health insurance benefits for state employees, and the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2710) of David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf and others relative to health insurance benefits for certain state employees, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4508) ought to pass.

For the committee,

KENNETH I. GORDON.

        FILED ON: 2/1/2022

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4508

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act relative to health insurance benefits for state employees.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 5 of chapter 32A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Eligible employees who apply for coverage within 10 days of the first day of employment shall be insured effective the first day of employment.

SECTION 2. Section 1 shall take effect 365 days after passage of this act.