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Committee approves prohibition on OMES marketing firefighters insurance program (Senate Bill 901)
Summary
Senate Bill 901 passed the committee 8‑0. The bill would restrict OMES from marketing a state‑run firefighters insurance program that sponsors said could compete with private offerings.
The Gengov Committee voted 8‑0 to report Senate Bill 901, a proposal that would prohibit the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) from marketing its firefighters insurance program, according to the bill’s sponsor.
Representative Tedford presented the bill and said the intent is to prevent public dollars from being used to compete with private insurance programs. He said OMES already operates a firefighters program and that discussions with OMES occurred; the sponsor indicated OMES representatives were "fine with this." He yielded for questions, moved the bill for passage and the committee recorded the unanimous vote.
There was limited debate on the record; the sponsor described the change as aimed at keeping public funds from competing with private sector offerings rather than prohibiting firefighting benefits themselves.
