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Committee moves insulin cap pilot into PERS; amendment and referral pass unanimously
Summary
The Senate Human Services Committee amended SB 23-70 to place an insulin cost-cap pilot permanently in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) statute and voted to re-refer the bill; committee members said the change preserves coverage for state employees while avoiding a commercial-market insurance mandate.
The Senate Human Services Committee on Oct. 12 amended a bill addressing insulin cost caps to move the pilot project into the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) statute and then voted to do pass as amended and re‑refer the bill to the next committee.
Senator Rohrs moved the amendment to place the insulin pilot in the PERS code, remove the remainder of the insurance-market language from the Senate draft, and keep PERS coverage for insulin supplies; Senator Hogan seconded. Rebecca Fricke, executive director of PERS, told the committee the fiscal note attached to the bill applies to PERS and estimated the state cost at just under…
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