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Appropriations panel advances bill to extend state employee health benefit parity to state marshals amid legal questions
Summary
The Appropriations Committee voted to advance legislation to give state marshals parity with state employee health benefits, but members flagged uncertainties about whether marshals are legally state employees and whether ERISA issues apply. A fiscal note put the cost at about $1.7 million.
The Appropriations Committee voted to move forward with a bill to extend parity in state employee health insurance to state marshals. The committee advanced Senate Bill 15-26, described in committee as “an act concerning health insurance benefits for state marshals,” to the floor after debate about legal and fiscal implications.
Committee members, including Representative Nuccio, said they were not yet persuaded that the state marshals covered by the bill are state employees for purposes of federal ERISA and state benefit law. Nuccio said she lacked “total…
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