SB 6094 — Aligning statutory language concerning the retired state employee and retired or disabled school employee health insurance subsidy with the historical interpretation and implementation of the relevant subsidy language in the operating budget.

What this bill does

Expands uses of the retiree drug subsidy available to certain retired public employees to include both medical and prescription drug premiums. Removes language authorizing the Health Care Authority to establish a separate subsidy to reduce the premiums for Medicare supplements.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 1, 2024
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 6, 2024
  48 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting

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