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Lawmakers debate health‑insurance funding and reserve risk; committee fails to adopt either CEC or governor recommendation
Summary
The committee debated two competing FY2026 health‑insurance recommendations — the CEC committee’s $13,960 per‑eligible‑FTP proposal and the governor’s $14,300 proposal — focusing on reserve levels, contractual minimums and potential risk charges.
The committee spent substantive time on FY2026 personnel benefit costs, especially the health‑insurance base used to set agency budgets and employee rates.
Keith Bybee told members the CEC (Change in Employee Compensation) committee had recommended setting health‑insurance per eligible full‑time position (FTP) at $13,960, which the analyst said would increase the general fund by $29,996,000 and total to $40,261,200 across funds. The governor’s recommendation set the base higher — a $1,300 increase to $14,300 per eligible FTP — and the motion on the table to adopt the governor’s plan listed total cost increases of roughly $56.3 million…
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