HB 1115 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to small employer health insurance;
3	creating s. 627.6565, F.S.; authorizing certain small
4	employers to contract with the Department of Management
5	Services to participate in the state group health
6	insurance program; providing requirements for employers
7	and employees relating to payroll deductions and
8	contributions; providing for an administrative fee;
9	requiring the department to maintain separate accounting
10	for such program participation; providing an effective
11	date.
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13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15	Section 1. Section 627.6565, Florida Statutes, is created
16	to read:
17	627.6565 Small employer health insurance; state group
18	health insurance program participation.--
19	(1) Any small employer as defined in s. 627.6699,
20	including the employer’s eligible employees and dependents of
21	such employees as defined in s. 627.6699, may contract with the
22	Department of Management Services to participate in the state
23	group health insurance program under s. 110.123 and purchase
24	coverage under the state group health insurance plan. Each small
25	business employer who participates in the state group health
26	insurance program shall collect payroll deductions or other
27	remuneration from qualified employees as may be required for the
28	employee contribution in accordance with the department’s
29	regulations. The employer shall make the required contributions
30	that will be applied toward the cost of the monthly premiums and
31	shall pay an annual administrative fee of not less than $5 per
32	enrollee per month, which fee shall be determined by the
33	department. Each individual employer shall determine the
34	proportionate contribution of the monthly premium for the
35	participants in the employer’s business.
36	(2) The department shall maintain a separate accounting
37	for all records of those small employers electing coverage under
38	this section, including all statistical information necessary to
39	make actuarial assumptions for the group.
40	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.