| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to public benefits; amending s. 110.123, |
| 3 | F.S., relating to the state group insurance program; |
| 4 | prohibiting funding for benefits granted under the program |
| 5 | from being used to provide benefits for any individuals |
| 6 | other than enrollees and the spouses and dependent |
| 7 | children of enrollees; amending s. 1001.64, F.S.; |
| 8 | prohibiting community college boards of trustees from |
| 9 | establishing benefits programs that use state funding to |
| 10 | provide benefits for any individuals other than enrollees |
| 11 | and the spouses and dependent children of enrollees; |
| 12 | amending s. 1001.74, F.S.; prohibiting university boards |
| 13 | of trustees from establishing benefits programs that use |
| 14 | state funding to provide benefits for any individuals |
| 15 | other than enrollees and the spouses and dependent |
| 16 | children of enrollees; providing an effective date. |
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| 18 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 20 | Section 1. Subsection (13) is added to section 110.123, |
| 21 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 22 | 110.123 State group insurance program.-- |
| 23 | (13) CERTAIN BENEFITS PROHIBITED.--No state funding for |
| 24 | benefits granted under this section shall be used to provide |
| 25 | benefits for any individuals other than enrollees and the |
| 26 | spouses and dependent children of enrollees. |
| 27 | Section 2. Subsection (18) of section 1001.64, Florida |
| 28 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 29 | 1001.64 Community college boards of trustees; powers and |
| 30 | duties.-- |
| 31 | (18) Each board of trustees shall establish the personnel |
| 32 | program for all employees of the community college, including |
| 33 | the president, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 1012 and |
| 34 | rules and guidelines of the State Board of Education, including: |
| 35 | compensation and other conditions of employment; recruitment and |
| 36 | selection; nonreappointment; standards for performance and |
| 37 | conduct; evaluation; benefits and hours of work; leave policies; |
| 38 | recognition; inventions and work products; travel; learning |
| 39 | opportunities; exchange programs; academic freedom and |
| 40 | responsibility; promotion; assignment; demotion; transfer; |
| 41 | ethical obligations and conflict of interest; restrictive |
| 42 | covenants; disciplinary actions; complaints; appeals and |
| 43 | grievance procedures; and separation and termination from |
| 44 | employment. The boards of trustees are prohibited from |
| 45 | establishing benefits programs that use state funding to provide |
| 46 | benefits for any individuals other than enrollees and the |
| 47 | spouses and dependent children of enrollees. |
| 48 | Section 3. Subsection (19) of section 1001.74, Florida |
| 49 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 50 | 1001.74 Powers and duties of university boards of |
| 51 | trustees.-- |
| 52 | (19) Each board of trustees shall establish the personnel |
| 53 | program for all employees of the university, including the |
| 54 | president, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 1012 and, in |
| 55 | accordance with rules and guidelines of the State Board of |
| 56 | Education, including: compensation and other conditions of |
| 57 | employment, recruitment and selection, nonreappointment, |
| 58 | standards for performance and conduct, evaluation, benefits and |
| 59 | hours of work, leave policies, recognition and awards, |
| 60 | inventions and works, travel, learning opportunities, exchange |
| 61 | programs, academic freedom and responsibility, promotion, |
| 62 | assignment, demotion, transfer, tenure and permanent status, |
| 63 | ethical obligations and conflicts of interest, restrictive |
| 64 | covenants, disciplinary actions, complaints, appeals and |
| 65 | grievance procedures, and separation and termination from |
| 66 | employment. The boards of trustees are prohibited from |
| 67 | establishing benefits programs that use state funding to provide |
| 68 | benefits for any individuals other than enrollees and the |
| 69 | spouses and dependent children of enrollees. The Department of |
| 70 | Management Services shall retain authority over state university |
| 71 | employees for programs established in ss. 110.123, 110.161, |
| 72 | 110.1232, 110.1234, and 110.1238 and in chapters 121, 122, and |
| 73 | 238. |
| 74 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |