06 AM 34
0133
ADOPTED
SENATE
Senators
Hill of the 4th and Williams of the 19th offered the following
amendment:
Amend
the substitute to HB 1372 (LC 28 3060S) by inserting
after "employers;"
on line 3 on page 1
the following:
to
provide an exemption from the eight-year service requirement for correctional
officers injured by inmate violence when five years or less from becoming
eligible for medicare medical coverage;
By
inserting a new section between lines 18 and 19 on page 9 to read as
follows:
SECTION
10.
Said
chapter is further amended by adding a new subsection (c) to Code Section
45-18-10, relating to the right of continuation of insurance benefits for former
state employees, to read as follows:
"(c)
Any other provision of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, any
employee who is injured by an act of inmate violence while he or she is employed
as a correctional officer in a correctional facility in this state and is five
years or less from becoming eligible for medicare medical coverage shall be
exempt from the eight or more years of service requirement and shall be entitled
to continue full coverage and participation, including coverage for his or her
spouse and dependent children, in the health insurance plan upon the payment of
the monthly premium fixed by the board for active state employees. The first
monthly premium provided for in this subsection must be paid within 30 days
following receipt of a notice of premium to be sent to such person by the
commissioner. If such premium is not paid within such time limit, such
insurance coverage shall be canceled and such person shall not again be eligible
to participate in such
plan."
By
renumbering Sections 10 through 13 as Sections 11 through 14,
respectively.