Introduced
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To allow community colleges to create regional employee health insurance purchasing pools with other districts and schools, allowing them to self-insure (not go through insurance companies). This would be made practical by Senate Bill 896, which would limit the pools' liability by shifting catastrophic claims to the state. Technically schools can create such pools now with state approval, but reportedly that approval is difficult to get and slow in coming.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 24 to 11 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
