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Legislative Bill Action
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<br /> HUMAN RESOURCES -' : is difficult for local agencies to leave due to incorporation of
<br /> these benefits into local collective bargaining agreements,
<br />AB 2792 (Negrete McLeed). Public Employees mandatory PEMHCA obligations to retirees, and to the
<br />Retirement. Contracting Agencies. AB 2792 eliminates, absence of any individual employer data from PEMHCA upon
<br />beginning January 1, 2003, a California Public Employee's which the local agency may establish experience rating for
<br />Retirement System (PERS) local contracting agency's ability new health plan options. Some, but not all, local agencies
<br />to reduce or modify benefits without employee consent, for have utilized existing Jaw to permit employees to participate
<br />newly hired employees of the agency. In other words, it in alternative health plans, including options contained in
<br />eliminates the two-tiered system of benefits offered to existing collective bargaining agreements. At least one
<br />employees hired after the contract date or who change county has established a plan alternative to PEMHCA to
<br />membership. Staff: Amy Brown, Status: SenFIr, Position: facilitate employee use of its county hospital as a primary
<br />Oppose. provider. It would be a hardship to these agencies, and to
<br /> their employees, to prevent the continued availability of
<br />SB 1802 (Committee on Public Employees, Retire- this alternative vendor option.
<br />rnent, and Social Security). Public Employees' Medical
<br />and Hospital Care Act. SB 1802 makes various changes to SB 1802 should be amended to permit agencies chat
<br />the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) Public currently have PEMHCA contracts, and in addition, that
<br />Employees Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA). The currently offer alternative health plan options to continue
<br />portion of the bill which the League opposes is that it would doing so. We would have no objection to denying alterna-
<br />terminate the option in existing law that permits contract- tire health plans to other PEMHCA local contract agencies.
<br />ins agencies to offer alternative plans to their employees Staff: Amy Brown, Status: SenApps;Hrg-8/5, Position:
<br />and would repeal the authorization for existing plans in Oppose Unless Amended.
<br />three years. Contract agencies have entered PEMHCA in
<br />reliance upon existing law, Once participating in PEMHCA, it
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<br /> SUPPORT A LEAGUE POSITION! HERE'S WHO TO CONTACT:
<br /> Address correspondence to: (Committee name) State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814
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<br /> ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COM-
<br /> (AsApps): Steinberg (D)(Chair), Bates (R){Vice Chair), MITTEE (S~,nHIth&HumSvc): Ortiz (D)(Chair), Haynes
<br /> Alquist (D), Aroner (D), Ashbum (R), Cohn (D), Corbett (D), (R)(Vica Chair), Battin (R), Chesbro (D), £scutia (D), Figueroa
<br /> Correa (D), Daucher (R), Diaz (D), Firebeugh (O), Goldberg (D), Kuehl (D), Morrow (R), Polaoco (D), Romero (D),
<br /> (D), Maldonado (R), Negrete McLeod (D), Robert Pacheco Vasconcallos (D) and Vincent (D). Phone: 916/445-5965.
<br /> (R), Papan (D), Parley (D), Runner (R), Simitian (D), Washing-
<br /> ton (D), Wiggins (D), Wright (D), Zettel (R), and vacancy. SENATE JUDICIARY COMMI~I 'I~.E (SenJud): Eseutia
<br /> Phone: 91 6/319-2081. (D)(Chair), Haynes (R)(Vice Chair), Ackerman (R), Kuehl (D),
<br /> O'Connell {D), Peace (D), and Sher (D), Phone: 916/445-
<br /> SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE 5957.
<br /> (SenApps): Alpert (D)(Chair), Battin (R)(Vice Chair), Bowen
<br /> (D), Burton (D), Escutia (D), Johannessen (R), Johnson (R), SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
<br /> Karnette (D), McPherson (R), Murray (D), Perata (D), (SenLG): Torlakson (D)(Chair), Margett (R)(Vica Chair),
<br /> Poochigian (R), and Speier (D). Phone: 916/445-3284. Ackerman (R), Machado (D), Perata (D) and Soto (D). Phone:
<br /> 916/445-9748.
<br /> For legislator' phoee nurnbe~, addresses and email pleese see the League'sWe~site(~E~l~ Legisla-
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