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- Introduced by Rep. Lisa Brown (D) on April 21, 2011, to require legislators to pay at least 25 percent of the health insurance benefits they are provided while in office. Note: In addition to these benefits, legislators who are in office for at least six years are eligible for full post-retirement health coverage beginning at age 55. The Senate Fiscal Agency reports that the average "family plan" coverage of former legislators costs the state $22,000 per year. Over the past several years both the House and Senate have passed bills limiting these benefits, but have never both passed the same bill and sent it on to the Governor.
- Referred to the House Oversight, Reform, and Ethics Committee on April 21, 2011.
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1) Re: 2011 House Bill 4575 (Require legislators pay 25 percent of health fringe benefit ) by JPHodge on May 2, 2011Rep. Brown is to be applauded for attempting to reintroduce proper perspective into the legislature. Proper perspective illustrates the legislature as a body of servants put on a sacred errand to enact laws that are beneficial to the state and fair to its citizens. By the vote of the people these select few are chosen and entrusted to act on behalf of the people without the people having to watch their every move. When it is discovered that the chosen servants have voted themselves a benefit which cannot be provided to the citizens as a whole, perspective is twisted and the people’s trust is violated. Follow Rep. Brown’s lead and fix it, ye public servants of the people, and regain our trust.
Introduced in the House on April 21, 2011
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