0001| HOUSE BILL 616
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0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003| 1996
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0004| INTRODUCED BY
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0005| BEN LUJAN
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0011| AN ACT
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0012| RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT; AMENDING A CERTAIN SECTION OF THE
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0013| NMSA 1978 PERTAINING TO GROUP INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PUBLIC
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0014| EMPLOYERS.
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0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017| Section 1. Section 10-7-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1941,
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0018| Chapter 188, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
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0019| "10-7-4. GROUP INSURANCE--CAFETERIA PLAN--CONTRIBUTIONS
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0020| FROM PUBLIC FUNDS.--
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0021| A. All state departments and institutions and all
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0022| political subdivisions of the state, excluding municipalities
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0023| and counties, shall cooperate in providing group term life,
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0024| medical or disability income insurance for the benefit of
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0025| eligible employees or salaried officers of the respective
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0001| departments, institutions and subdivisions.
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0002| B. Except as provided in Subsection C of this
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0003| section, the group insurance contributions of the state or any
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0004| of its departments or institutions, including institutions of
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0005| higher education and the public schools, shall be made as
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0006| follows:
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0007| (l) seventy-five percent of the cost of the
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0008| insurance of an employee whose annual salary is less than
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0009| fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000);
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0010| (2) seventy percent of the cost of the
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0011| insurance of an employee whose annual salary is fifteen thousand
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0012| dollars ($15,000) or more but less than twenty thousand dollars
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0013| ($20,000);
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0014| (3) sixty-five percent of the cost of the
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0015| insurance of an employee whose annual salary is twenty thousand
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0016| dollars ($20,000) or more but less than twenty-five thousand
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0017| dollars ($25,000); or
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0018| (4) sixty percent of the cost of the insurance
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0019| of an employee whose annual salary is twenty-five thousand
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0020| dollars ($25,000) or more.
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0021| [As used in this subsection, "cost of the insurance" means
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the premium required to be paid to provide coverages] C. Any group insurance contributions of the
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0023| political subdivisions of the state, except the public schools
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0024| or institutions of higher education, shall not exceed sixty
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0025| percent of the cost of the insurance. School districts or
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0001| institutions of higher education may contribute any amount up to
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0002| one hundred percent of the cost of the insurance; provided that
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0003| a school district or institution of higher education shall not
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0004| contribute less than the amounts set forth in Subsection B of
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0005| this section.
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0006| D. As used in this section, "cost of the insurance"
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0007| means the premium required to be paid to provide coverage.
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0008| [C.] E. When a public employee elects to
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0009| participate in a cafeteria plan as authorized by the Cafeteria
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0010| Plan Act and enters into a salary reduction agreement with the
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0011| governmental employer, the provision of Subsection B of this
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0012| section with respect to the maximum contributions that can be
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0013| made by the employer are not violated and will still apply. The
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0014| employer percentage or dollar contributions as provided in
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0015| Subsection B of this section shall be determined by the
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0016| employee's gross salary prior to any salary reduction agreement.
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0017| [D.] F. Any group medical insurance plan offered
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0018| pursuant to this section shall include effective
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0019| cost-containment measures to control the growth of health care
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0020| costs. The responsible public body that administers a plan
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0021| offered pursuant to this section shall report annually by
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0022| September 1 to appropriate interim legislative committees on the
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0023| effectiveness of the cost-containment measures required by this
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0024| subsection."
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0025| - - State of New Mexico
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0001| House of Representatives
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0003| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0004| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0007| February 3, 1996
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0010| Mr. Speaker:
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0012| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0013| whom has been referred
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0015| HOUSE BILL 616
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0017| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0018| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0020| Respectfully submitted,
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0024|
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0025| Max Coll, Chairman
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0003| Adopted Not Adopted
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0005| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0007| Date
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0009| The roll call vote was 12 For 0 Against
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0010| Yes: 12
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0011| Excused: Abeyta, Buffett, Casey, Gentry, Martinez, Salazar
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0012| Absent: None
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0016| H0616AF1
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0018| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0019| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0022| February 9, 1996
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0023|
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0024| Mr. President:
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0001| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0002|
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0003| HOUSE BILL 616
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0004|
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0005| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0006| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0007|
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0008| Respectfully submitted,
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0012| __________________________________
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0013| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman
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0017| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0018| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0022| Date ________________________
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0025| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0001| Yes: 7
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0002| No: 0
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0003| Excused: Aragon, Garcia, Ingle, Jennings T., Kidd, Kysar
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0004| Absent: None
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0007| H0616FC1
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0010| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0011| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0014| February 9, 1996
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0016| Mr. President:
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0018| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0019|
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0020| HOUSE BILL 616
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0021|
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0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0023| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0024|
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0025| Respectfully submitted,
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0004| __________________________________
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0005| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman
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0008|
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0009| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0014| Date ________________________
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0017| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0018| Yes: 7
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0019| No: 0
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0020| Excused: Aragon, Garcia, Ingle, Jennings T., Kidd, Kysar
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0021| Absent: None
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0024| H0616FC1
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