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Commission reviews dozens of LDs affecting State employee health benefits as session closes
Summary
At its April meeting the State Employee Health Commission reviewed a range of pending bills — including LD 111, LD 328, LD 2148 and mandate proposals such as LD 107 — and noted several items on the Special Appropriations Table that could affect plan costs.
The Commission’s Legislative Committee provided an overview of activity in the Second Session of the 132nd Legislature and highlighted bills that could affect the State employee health plan.
Committee members summarized several State-employee-plan-specific bills on the Special Appropriations Table, including LD 111 (increase the State’s share of retired teacher health insurance), LD 328 (require State payment of Medicare Part B premiums for certain retired state employees under Medicare Advantage), and LD 467 (require the State to pay Medicare Part B premiums for certain retired state employees). The committee also noted LD 2148 (Amend the Health Insurance Premium Cap) was passed to be enacted in the House and Senate.
The committee reviewed mandate and benefit-expansion proposals that the Legislature and Appropriations process have flagged for cost: LD 107 (biomarker testing coverage, estimated ~$1.2M FY26/27), LD 582 (PFAS blood testing, est. $90K FY26/27), LD 1502 (prostate cancer screening changes, est. $109K annual), and LD 1530 (EMS reimbursement changes, est. $67K annual). Committee members noted LD 784 (first-responder screening rebuttable presumption) was enacted without the Governor’s signature.
Members were also briefed on provider and hospital bills and prior-authorization measures; several transaction-related bills originating from the Health Transaction Commission were recapped with mixed outcomes (some enacted, some tabled or dead). The committee did not take formal votes on legislative positions at this meeting but documented bill statuses and fiscal estimates for future consideration.
