HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2003        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2584

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to health insurance for municipal employees.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/19/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

1/26/2023

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/26/2023

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/27/2023

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/27/2023

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

1/29/2023

Gerard J. Cassidy

9th Plymouth

1/30/2023

Ryan M. Hamilton

15th Essex

1/30/2023

Marc R. Pacheco

Third Bristol and Plymouth

1/31/2023

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

2/1/2023

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

2/2/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

2/6/2023

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

2/7/2023

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

2/7/2023

Patricia A. Duffy

5th Hampden

2/8/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/8/2023

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/8/2023

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

2/9/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/9/2023

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/9/2023

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

2/9/2023

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

2/10/2023

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/13/2023

Kate Donaghue

19th Worcester

2/14/2023

Peter Capano

11th Essex

2/16/2023

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/16/2023

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

2/17/2023

Shirley B. Arriaga

8th Hampden

2/28/2023

Adrianne Pusateri Ramos

14th Essex

3/1/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

3/4/2023

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

3/16/2023

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

3/16/2023

Christopher Richard Flanagan

1st Barnstable

3/27/2023

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

4/3/2023

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

4/3/2023

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

5/8/2023

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

7/5/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2003        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2584

By Representative LeBoeuf of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2584) of David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf and others relative to health insurance for municipal employees.  Public Service.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to health insurance for municipal 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 19 of chapter 32B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (j) the following subsection:-

(k) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, an eligible municipal employee who subscribes to the commission’s health insurance coverage within the first 10 days of the employee’s first day of employment shall receive such coverage effective as of: (1) their first day of employment; or (2) the date on which the employee subscribes to the coverage, whichever is later. The commission shall promulgate regulations to enforce this subsection.

SECTION 2. The group insurance commission shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement subsection (k) of section 19 of chapter 32B, as inserted by section 1 of this act, not later than 3 months after the effective date of this act.