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Supervisors approve amendments to Health Care Security Ordinance, set Nov. 15 committee review
Summary
The Board approved substantive amendments to the Health Care Security Ordinance — including a two-year accrual window and rollover of reimbursement-account balances — and voted to continue final action and sit as a Committee of the Whole on Nov. 15 for additional public comment and analysis.
Supervisor Cohen introduced a package of amendments to the San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance that would change how employer-funded health care reimbursement accounts operate, then the Board voted to approve the amendments and to continue final consideration and sit as a Committee of the Whole on Nov. 15.
The amendments approved include increasing the period in which employees may accumulate funds in a health care reimbursement account from one year to two years, requiring that unused balances be rolled over so employees do not start the next year at zero, and strengthening protections for consumers where businesses impose a surcharge for health care but…
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