Final
BILL SUMMARY for
SB05-103
HOUSE
COMMITTEE ON
BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND LABOR
Votes:
Action Taken:
Moved amendment L.005 (Attachment A). Amendment L
Moved that SB05-103 be referred, as amended, to th
Pass Without Objection
PASS
09:46 AM -- Senate Bill 05-103
Representative Jahn presented SB05-103 to the committee. The bill exempts employers participating in a Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement (MEWA) from being subject to premium adjustments up to 35 percent above the regular rate of small group insurance plans if the employer has been either self-funded or not insured through a small group plan. The committee took witness testimony on the bill on March 14. The committee is hearing the bill today for action only. Representative Jahn testified that the legislature and the general public have generally misunderstood MEWAs and that not enough time has passed to make a judgement regarding their success.
09:49 AM
BILL:
SB05-103
TIME:
09:49:25 AM
MOVED:
Paccione
MOTION:
Moved amendment L.005 (Attachment A). Amendment L.005 adds a legislative declaration to the bill in an attempt to clarify that the legislature's intent is to discourage employers from, based on the health status of employees, leaving the MEWA market for the small group market and then returning. Such a move is also called "gaming" the system. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
Marshall
VOTE
Balmer
Excused
Borodkin
Butcher
Carroll M.
Coleman
Knoedler
Liston
Massey
McCluskey
Paccione
White
Cerbo
Marshall
Not Final
YES:
0
NO:
0
EXC:
1
ABS:
0
FINAL ACTION:
Pass Without Objection
BILL:
SB05-103
TIME:
09:51:26 AM
MOVED:
Paccione
MOTION:
Moved that SB05-103 be referred, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed 11-2.
SECONDED:
Coleman
VOTE
Balmer
No
Borodkin
Yes
Butcher
Yes
Carroll M.
Yes
Coleman
Yes
Knoedler
Yes
Liston
Yes
Massey
Yes
McCluskey
Yes
Paccione
Yes
White
No
Cerbo
Yes
Marshall
Yes
Final
YES:
11
NO:
2
EXC:
0
ABS:
0
FINAL ACTION:
PASS