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AB-953 Public employees’ health benefits: parents and siblings.(2007-2008)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 19816.19 is added to the Government Code, to read:

19816.19.
 Pursuant to Sections 19816.17 and 19816.18, any contract entered into for the provision of vision care shall be negotiated to provide vision care coverage to a parent or sibling of an employee, if the following conditions are met:
(a) The employee is a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
(b) The parent or sibling is unemployed.
(c) The parent or sibling is ineligible for Medicare.

SEC. 2.

 Section 22775 of the Government Code is amended to read:

22775.
 (a)  “Family member” means an employee’s or annuitant’s spouse or domestic partner and any unmarried  child, including an adopted child, a stepchild, or recognized natural child. The board shall, by regulation, prescribe age limits and other conditions and limitations pertaining to children. “Family member” does not include a former spouse or former domestic partner of an employee or annuitant. unmarried children. 
(b) “Family member” also means a parent or sibling of an employee, if the following conditions are met:
(1) The employee is a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
(2) The parent or sibling is unemployed.
(3) The parent or sibling is not eligible for Medicare.