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Senate committee debates moving state employees off "grandfathered" health plan; members consider a voluntary third plan option
Summary
Senators and agency witnesses discussed Senate Bill 2160 and its potential fiscal and enrollment impacts if the state's employee health plan were made non-grandfathered; officials recommended more data and proposed a voluntary third-plan option as a phased approach.
Senate Human Services Committee members spent an extended portion of their Jan. 15 meeting discussing Senate Bill 2160, which would require the state employees' health plan (for pre-Medicare employees) to lose its "grandfathered" status and adopt coverage aligned with large-employer non-grandfathered plans.
Dylan Wheeler of Sanford Health Plan told the committee his data team was prioritizing a requested analysis but estimated it would take roughly 40 hours of work and would not be ready during that day's hearing. "You can have 2 out of 3, but not all 3," Wheeler said, referring to speed, cost and accuracy in preparing the data.
Rebecca Fricke, executive director of the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), advised the committee that the bill as drafted would make the state plan non-grandfathered and require…
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