¹110.1239 State group health insurance program funding.--

For the 2003-2004 fiscal year only, it is the intent of the Legislature that the state group health insurance program be managed, administered, operated, and funded in such a manner as to maximize the protection of state employee health insurance benefits. Inherent in this intent is the recognition that the health insurance liabilities attributable to the benefits offered state employees should be fairly, orderly, and equitably funded. Accordingly:

1. (1) The division shall determine the level of premiums necessary to fully fund the state group health insurance program for the next fiscal year. Such determination shall be made after each Self-Insurance Estimating Conference as provided in s. 216.136(11), but not later than December 1 and April 1 of each fiscal year.
2. (2) The Governor, in the Governor's recommended budget, shall provide premium rates necessary for full funding of the state group health insurance program, and the Legislature shall provide in the General Appropriations Act for a premium level necessary for full funding of the state group health insurance program.
3. (3) For purposes of funding, any additional appropriation amounts allocated to the state group health insurance program by the Legislature shall be considered as a state contribution and thus an increase in the state premiums.

4. (4) This section expires July 1, 2004.

   ¹Note.--

   A. Section 48, ch. 2003-399, amended s. 110.1239 "[i]n order to implement Section 8 of the 2003-2004 General Appropriations Act." A portion of Section 8 was vetoed. See ch. 2003-397, the 2003-2004 General Appropriations Act.

   B. Section 92, ch. 2003-399, provides that "[a] section of this act that implements a specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso language in the 2003-2004 General Appropriations Act is void if the specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso language is vetoed. A section of this act that implements more than one specific appropriation or more than one portion of specifically identified proviso language in the 2003-2004 General Appropriations Act is void if all the specific appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso language are vetoed." Not all portions of Section 8 of the 2003-2004 General Appropriations Act were vetoed.

History.--ss. 25, 38, ch. 98-46; ss. 25, 53, ch. 99-228; s. 63, ch. 2000-171; s. 47, ch. 2001-254; s. 45, ch. 2002-402; s. 48, ch. 2003-399.