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Committee hears bill to align Public Employees Benefits Board authority with SEBB’s voluntary benefit offerings
Summary
Senate Bill 5,478 would expand and modernize the Public Employees Benefits Board’s authority so it may study and, if appropriate, offer a range of employee‑paid voluntary benefits similar to the School Employees Benefits Board.
Senate Bill 5,478, sponsored by Senator Bateman, came before the Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee for a staff briefing and public testimony. The bill is an agency request from the Health Care Authority and focuses on the benefit‑offering authority of the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEB).
Greg Attenaccio, committee staff, explained that the bill would remove outdated statutory language that requires the PEB to offer a long‑term care product and would instead mirror the School Employees Benefits Board…
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