As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

H. B. No. 525

Representative Hollington 

Cosponsors: Representatives Boose, Blair, Grossman, Adams, J., Lehner, Blessing, Coley, Hottinger 

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A BILL

To enact section 124.824 of the Revised Code to

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require the Department of Administrative Services

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to make a high deductible health care plan

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available to state employees and state elected

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officials.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1.  That section 124.824 of the Revised Code be	6
enacted to read as follows:	7

Sec. 124.824.  The department of administrative services	8
shall establish a high deductible health care plan as part of any	9
package of health care benefit options offered to state employees	10
and state elected officials who are paid by warrant of the	11
director of budget and management. The department shall make both	12
individual and family coverage available through the high	13
deductible health care plan. The high deductible health care plan	14
shall not increase the cost of providing health insurance to state	15
employees and state elected officials.	16

The amount of the premium or cost for coverage under the high	17
deductible health care plan contributed by the state, for an	18
individual or for an individual and the individual's family, shall	19
not exceed the amount of the premium or cost contributed by the	20
state for a standard deductible health care plan created under	21
division (A) of section 124.82 of the Revised Code.	22

An individual who has selected a high deductible health care	23
plan option shall establish a health savings account that	24
qualifies under section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code. The	25
state shall monthly deposit cash into the individual's health	26
savings account in an amount that equals eighty per cent of the	27
difference between the amount of the premium or cost contributed	28
by the state, for the individual or for the individual and the	29
individual's family, under a standard deductible health care plan	30
created under division (A) of section 124.82 of the Revised Code	31
and the amount of the premium or cost contributed by the state	32
under a high deductible health care plan created under this	33
section.	34