1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|HOUSE BILL 1343 By: Davis | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to educator health insurance; | | directing that the state shall cover percentage of | 8| premiums for dependents; providing for codification; | | and providing an effective date. | 9| | | | 10| | | | 11|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 12| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 13|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1309.2 of Title 74, unless there | | | 14|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 15| For any person employed as a teacher who has elected to have a | | | 16|dependent or dependents of the employee covered by the state Health | | | 17|Insurance Plan and Dental Insurance Plan or by any available Health | | | 18|Maintenance Organization (HMO) approved by the Office of Management | | | 19|and Enterprise Services, the state shall pay thirty percent (30%) of | | | 20|the premium for covered dependents. | | | 21| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. | | | 22| | | | 23| 59-1-5120 MJ 01/13/23 | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 5120 Page 1