An Act protecting governmental units from unanticipated health care costs.

 

                Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

 

SECTION 1.   Subsection (1) of section 11 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph (c) the following paragraph:—

(d)  If a member is entitled to a return or transfer of his accumulated total deductions and requests such a return from the board on the prescribed form the board shall, prior to the return of such accumulated total deductions, contact the member’s employer to determine whether the member owes an obligation to the employer for benefits provided under the terms of a cafeteria plan established under 125 CFR 26.  If the board determines that the member owes an obligation under the terms of such a plan, the board shall not return or transfer the accumulated total deductions until it has received notice from the employer that the obligation has been paid.

 


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BILL protecting governmental units from unanticipated health care costs

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