SENATE, No. 616

SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 32A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first three sentences and inserting in place thereof the following three sentences: - There shall be established within the executive office of administration and finance, but not under its jurisdiction, a special unpaid commission, to be known as the group insurance commission, consisting of the commissioner of administration and finance, the commissioner of insurance, the attorney general or his designee, and eight members to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be a health economist, one of whom shall be a retired state employee selected from a pool of two candidates nominated by the Retired State, County and Municipal Employees Association of Massachusetts one of whom shall be a full-time state employee selected from a pool of two candidates nominated by the Massachusetts Public Employee Council #93, AFSCME, Massachusetts State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, one of whom shall be a full-time state employee selected from a pool of two candidates nominated by the National Association of Government Employees, one of whom shall be a full-time state employee selected from a pool of two candidates nominated by Local 254, SEIU, Massachusetts State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, and one of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts Teachers Association selected form a pool of two candidates nominated by said association. No appointed member of the commission shall be an insurance agent, broker, employee or officer of any insurance company. Six members of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of six members shall be necessary for any action to be taken by the commission.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the terms of office of the current members of the group insurance commission appointed by the governor under section three of chapter thirty-two A of the General laws shall expire on June thirtieth, two thousand and seven, and the terms of members of the commission to be appointed pursuant to said section three, as amended by section one of this act, shall begin on July first, two thousand and seven. No action shall be taken by the commission until the governor has appointed all of the appointed members pursuant to said section three, as amended.