HB177 Alabama 2017 Session

Under existing law, the State Employees' Health Insurance Plan and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan are governed by the State Employees' Insurance Board (SEIB) and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board (PEEHIB), respectively

This bill would create a new board, titled the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board (PEHIB), to govern these two health insurance plans

This bill would provide for the membership of the board, election and qualifications of certain members, and terms for appointed and elected members

This bill would provide that all references to the State Employees' Insurance Board and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board in state law be amended to reference the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board

This bill would allow the new Public Employees' Health Insurance Board to combine the State Employees' Health Insurance Plan and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan

This bill would revise the membership of the Public Education Flexible Employees Benefits Board, the Health Care Data Advisory Council, and the Alabama Prescription Cost Initiative Board to add members of the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board and to remove members of the State Employees' Insurance Board and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board

This bill would revise the Alabama Retired Education Employees' Health Care Trust and Alabama Retired State Employees' Health Care Trust to provide for governance by the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board

To establish the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board to govern the State Employees' Health Insurance Plan and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan, currently governed by the State Employees' Insurance Board and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board, respectively; to provide for the membership of the board, election and qualifications of certain members, and terms for appointed and elected members; to provide that the board shall have all powers currently held by the State Employees' Insurance Board and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board; to amend Sections 9-10A-20, 11-91-8, 11-91A-1, 11-91A-2, 11-91A-4, 11-91A-5, 11-91A-6, 11-91A-7, 12-5A-9, 16-13-231, 16-25A-1, 16-25A-2, 16-25A-2.1, 16-25A-3, 16-25A-7, 16-25A-8, 16-25A-15, 16-25A-16, 16-25A-17, 16-25A-42, 22-11A-118, 36-1-6.2, 36-27-6.4, 36-29-1, 36-29-3, 36-29-5, 36-29-6, 36-29-13, 36-29-14, 36-29-14.1, 36-29-15, 36-29-17, 36-29-18, 36-29-19.9, 36-29A-2, 36-34-2, 36-35-3, 36-36-1, 36-36-3, 36-36-4, 36-36-5, 36-36-6, 36-36-7, and 41-10-725, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the State Employees' Insurance Board and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board; to provide that all references to the State Employees' Insurance Board and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board be amended to reference the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board; to allow the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board to combine the State Employees' Health Insurance Plan and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan; to revise the membership of the Public Education Flexible Employees Benefits Board, the Health Care Data Advisory Council, and the Alabama Prescription Cost Initiative Board to add members of the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board and to remove members of the State Employees' Insurance Board and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board; to revise the Alabama Retired Education Employees' Health Care Trust and Alabama Retired State Employees' Health Care Trust to provide for governance by the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board; and to repeal Section 36-29-2, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the State Employees' Insurance Board.