Insurance & Commerce - Senate

Thousand ninety seven you are recognized to present your bill. Thank you Mr members house bill ten ninety seven this is one of the DVD bills that we've all worked so hard on this could be one of the it was referred to the big apple's what this bill simply does makes adjustments to the withholding contribution their school districts will be making a move it from an average of about one sixty five up to three hundred that will not be any type of disparity or school districts the department will make that back up as they find that through the matrix based off of a DM and then going forward joint education as we do adequacy studies we will be reviewing all the data collected from that see if we need to make any adjustments that Mr I'll take any questions. Thank you representative eleven the Committee are there any questions. Seeing no I think we beat this up a lot already Is there anybody in the audience we have one person signed to speak of. Mr came do you have any would you like to speak as a he's here. Okay. Virgil Cain how to Danville. All right somebody's having fun all right let's move on. I have a motion do pass do I have a second center on the motion. I forget Senator Elliott quit laughing shall give me a second maybe all right second from Senator Elliot is there any other comments on this bill. Seeing none all in favor please say aye. Same sign oppose your bill has passed thank you Mr thank you committee president about. We will move to house bill ten ninety eight. Which is to require a fiscal impact statement for any proposed legislation we have the Senate sponsor on the. Do you want to do that I we've already passed it out of the committee so that you're good with this yes. We've got notes the. But yeah you. You that we will present the bill for Senator Rice and representative Dotson I understand yes all right you're recognized thank you members this is house bill ten ninety eight add this really legislation was results of our study with the Siegel group which would require a fiscal impact statements to be developed by an actuary within the guidelines adopted by the House Committee on insurance and commerce and Senate Committee on insurance and commerce as apple couple any legislation that would be proposed that might adjust or change premiums or cost the plans you know any additional money we need to know that before voting on that legislation so what this bill does is requires a fiscal impact statement before we vote on that legislation in the insurance and commerce committees in the house and Senate I'll be happy to take any questions are there any committee members with questions. Seeing none is there anybody in the audience to speak Saying none what is the will I guess Senator Irvin you're eligible to motion do pass do pass do I have a second Senator Elliott with the second any final comment on house bill ten ninety eight seeing none all in favor please say aye hi same sign opposed the motion and the bill passes and we will move on the house bill ten ninety nine Mister chair I'll go ahead and handle the you know the Senate okay do you would you mind telling us who the Senate sponsor is yes it Senator Rice rice's comic Bonser and into the Senator of record on eleven hundred so I can only Senator Rice he's got both of these yeah okay so Senator Irvin you will present for Senator Rice and representative Wardlaw on house bill ten ninety nine. You are recognized and members what this does is it sets up the legislative oversight for the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance programs and establishes eat the EBT I'm employee benefits division oversight subcommittee it calls for quarterly reports of an update and to provide that transparency and kind of a continual check on where things are and how things are going so we don't end up in a situation where we're a little bit blindsided by lack of sufficient funding for the plans so this is the oversight peace okay. Any questions of the members this is the house version of the Senate bill that was passed in and moved on cents any questions. Anybody in the audience which wish to speak for against this bill. Seeing none Senator Irvin would you like to make a motion I close for the bill make a motion to pass on house bill ten ninety nine thank you I have a second from committee member. Senator hammer with the second any final comments on house bill ten ninety nine seeing none all in favor please say aye find same sign apposed your bill has passed let's move on to house bill eleven hundreds representative Wardlaw Senator Rice Senator Irvin you'll you'll present it's senator Hickey's bill but I'm happy to further Hickey you want to I'm happy to. We're kind of a tag at we're kind of a team this I know we've we're doing duplicate what House bills coming our direction so. Senator Hickey you are recognized on house bill eleven hundred. The yes members this is a as a Senator Pitsch said this is the same bill that we've already heard multiple times is the one that the establishes governing governing body for the state public. Life and health insurance program. Are there any questions for Senator Hickey. Seeing none is there anybody in the audience would like to speak for against. Seeing no one Senator Hickey would you like to make a motion moved to pass motion to pass Senator Hickey I knew that your needs a second Senator Elliot is there any final comment on house bill eleven hundred seeing none all in favor please say aye same sign opposed and that bill has passed members I think that clears our docket there if there's something else it seems like they're running a lot of bills to this committee will let you know right now I think this clears up all we sent down there so thank you in with that seeing no further business we are adjourned ours. All.