HB 309 Alabama House · 2025 Regular Session

Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board; required to renegotiate contracts for Medicare retiree health benefit plans every five years

HB 309 requires the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board to renegotiate its contracts for Medicare retiree health benefit plans. This process must occur every five years. The bill directly affects the board's operational procedures and indirectly impacts public education employees who are Medicare retirees by establishing a regular review cycle for their health benefit plans.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Signed Apr 21, 2025

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What changed between versions

Engrossed → Enrolled · 3 edits · Apr 21, 2025

MINOR

The bill was finalized as an enrolled act, moving from its engrossed stage. The text includes minor formatting corrections, such as fixing a grammatical error ('authorized to may') and adding a new subsection requiring the board to provide detailed plan summaries to employees upon request. The core policy regarding contract renegotiation timelines remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Corrected a grammatical error in the authorization clause to read 'authorized to execute' instead of 'authorized to may execute'.

Adjusted page numbering and header titles from 'Engrossed' to 'Enrolled' to reflect the bill's final status.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement for the board to provide employees with a summary of plan provisions, benefits, and claim procedures upon request.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 690

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Out of Committee Second House

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending Committee Action in Second House (Finance and Taxation Education)

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 306

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 305

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

Ways and Means Education Engrossed Substitute Offered (Ways and Means Education)

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Ways and Means Education)

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Introduced

Ways and Means Education 1st Amendment (Ways and Means Education)

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Ways and Means Education)

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors