SB2793 - Tennessee: Insurance, Health, Accident, Local Education Agency, Salaries And Benefits

Companion Bill HB2973. Local Education Agency - Requires LEAs to pay at least 50 percent of health insurance premiums for all eligible employees; and directs LEAs' use of BEP "insurance premium" component. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for *SB2793 / HB2973Increase Local Expenditures* - $30,039,900 Bill Summary for *SB2793 / HB2973 Under present law, each local education agency (LEA) must pay on behalf of each eligible local education employee participating in the health insurance coverage plan, as a minimum, the percentage specified in the general appropriations act of the premium collected on behalf of each such employee. This bill revises the above provision to instead require each LEA to pay on behalf of eligible local education employees a minimum of 50 percent of the premium collected. Under this [...]

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