AB188
AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board of the Public Employees' Benefits Program to report certain information relating to the costs of health insurance for certain retirees; revising provisions relating to the subsidy paid for certain health and welfare benefits for certain state employees who have retired with state service; revising requirements for certain retired public officers and employees to reinstate insurance under the Program; revising provisions relating to certain subsidies paid to the Program for the 2025-2027 biennium; requiring the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Government Affairs to conduct an interim study on the Program; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board of the Public Employees' Benefits Program to report certain information relating to the costs of health insurance for certain retirees; revising provisions relating to the subsidy paid for certain health and welfare benefits for certain state employees who have retired with state service; revising requirements for certain retired public officers and employees to reinstate insurance under the Program; revising provisions relating to certain subsidies paid to the Program for the 2025-2027 biennium; requiring the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Government Affairs to conduct an interim study on the Program; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Monday, February 3, 2025
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AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board of the Public Employees' Benefits
Existing law requires the Office of Finance to establish an assessment to pay for a portion of the costs of the premiums or contributions for the Public Employees' Benefits Program on behalf of persons who were initially hired before January 1, 2012, and have retired with state service, which must be: (1) deposited in the State Retirees' Health and Welfare Benefits Fund to pay a portion of the current and future health and welfare benefits of those retirees; and (2) based upon a base amount approved by the Legislature each session. Existing law also requires that, for retirees who receive health coverage through Medicare, the portion paid to the Program from the Retirees' Fund on behalf of these retirees must be: (1) for persons who retired before January 1, 1994, the base funding level defined by the Legislature multiplied by 15; and (2) for persons who retired on or after January 1, 1994, the base funding level multiplied by the years of service of the person, excluding service purchased, up to a maximum of 20 years. (NRS 287.046) Section 1 of this bill requires the Board of the Program to report, before August 31 of every even-numbered year, to the Governor and the Interim Retirement and Benefits Committee of the Legislature the typical full cost for such retirees to obtain actuarially comparable health insurance as state retirees enrolled in the plan offered by the Program. If the Board pays the subsidy for retirees enrolled in the federal TRICARE program or M
NELIS exhibits (6 on file)
Support (4)
- Dr. Kent M. Ervin — Director of Government Relations and Past President, Nevada Faculty Alliance (Letter)
- Terri Laird — Executive Director, Representing Public Employees of Nevada (Letter)
- Doug Unger — Acting President and Vice Chair, Government Affairs Committee, UNLV Chapter, Nevada Faculty Alliance (Statement)
- Tess Opferman — representing AFSCME and Kent Ervin, Director of Government Relations NFA (Statements)
Neutral (1)
- (unattributed) (Testimony)
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