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Senate committee backs bill to let 18th JDC continue retiree health coverage until Medicare
Summary
The Senate Insurance Committee on April 30 voted to report Senate Bill 138 favorably, allowing the Eighteenth Judicial District district attorney’s office to provide short-term retiree health coverage to longtime employees until they become Medicare-eligible.
Senate Bill 138, which would allow the Eighteenth Judicial District district attorney’s office to provide retiree health insurance to long‑service employees until they reach Medicare eligibility, was reported favorably by the Senate Insurance Committee on April 30.
The bill was introduced by Senator Klein Peter and presented by Scott Stasse, staff for District Attorney Tony Clayton’s office. Stasse told the committee that the district, which covers Iberville, West Baton Rouge and Pointe Coupee parishes, recently began operating under a sales tax that now fully funds the office. He said employees previously received retiree benefits through…
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