Governor Charles D. Baker's Budget Recommendation - House 1 Fiscal Year 2016

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Group Insurance Commission


Fiscal Year 2016 Resource Summary ($000)
DEPARTMENT FY 2016
Budgetary
Recommendations		 FY 2016
Federal, Trust,
and ISF		 FY 2016
Total
Spending		 FY 2016
Budgetary
Non-Tax Revenue
Group Insurance Commission 2,184,188 986,746 3,170,935 861,646

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GROUP INSURANCE COMMISSION 3,170,934,565
Budgetary Direct Appropriations 2,184,188,361
Direct Appropriations
1108-5100 Group Insurance Commission
For the operation of the group insurance commission 		4,732,711
1108-5200 Group Insurance Premium and Plan Costs
For the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premium and plan costs incurred in fiscal year 2016; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, funds in this item shall not be available during the accounts payable period of fiscal year 2016, and any unexpended balance in this item shall revert to the General Fund on June 30, 2016; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall charge the division of unemployment assistance and other departments, authorities, agencies and divisions which have federal or other funds allocated to them for this purpose, for that portion of insurance premiums and plan costs as the secretary determines should be borne by such funds, and shall notify the comptroller of the amounts to be transferred, after similar determination, from the several state or other funds and amounts received in payment of all such charges or such transfers shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for the commonwealth's share of group insurance premium and plan costs provided to employees and retirees in prior fiscal years; provided further, that the group insurance commission shall obtain reimbursement for premium and administrative expenses from other agencies and authorities not funded by state appropriation; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance may charge all agencies for the commonwealth's share of the health insurance costs incurred on behalf of any employees of those agencies who are on leave of absence for a period of more than 1 year; provided further, that the amounts received in payment for the charges shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that notwithstanding section 26 of chapter 29 of the General Laws, the commission may negotiate, purchase and execute contracts before July 1 of each year for policies of group insurance as authorized by chapter 32A of the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding chapter 150E of the General Laws and as provided in section 8 of said chapter 32A and for the purposes of section 14 of said chapter 32A, that the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premiums for active state employees and their dependents shall be 75 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premiums for state employees who have retired on or before July 1, 1994, shall be 90 per cent and the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premiums for state employees who have retired after July 1, 1994 or who filed an application for retirement on or after August 7, 2009, and on or before October 1, 2009, and retired not later than January 31, 2010, shall be 85 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premiums for active state employees who filed an application for retirement after October 1, 2009, and retired on or before June 30, 2015, shall be 80 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premiums for active state employees who retired after June 30, 2015, shall be 75 per cent until a different contribution rate is established under said section 8 of said chapter 32A; provided further, that the commission may develop and conduct surveys of member satisfaction; and provided further, that the group insurance commission may pay premium and plan costs for municipal employees and retirees who are enrolled in the group insurance commission's health plans pursuant to the commission's regulations 		1,596,665,738
1108-5350 Retired Governmental Employees Group Insurance Premiums
For the cost of group insurance premiums for elderly governmental retirees 		275,800
1108-5400 Retired Municipal Teachers Group Insurance Premiums
For the costs of group insurance premiums for retired municipal teachers and the audit of those premiums 		54,095,131
1108-5500 Group Insurance Dental and Vision Benefits
For the costs, notwithstanding chapter 32A of the General Laws to the contrary, of dental and vision benefits for those active employees of the commonwealth, not including employees of authorities and any other political subdivisions, who are not otherwise provided those benefits under a separate appropriation or the terms of a contract or collective bargaining agreement; provided, that the employees shall pay 15 per cent of the monthly premium established by the commission for the benefits 		8,654,609

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Retained Revenues
1108-5201 Municipal Partnership Act Implementation Retained Revenue
The group insurance commission may expend for the purposes of administering a program for municipal health coverage as provided under section 19 of chapter 32B of the General Laws, an amount not to exceed $2,239,436 from revenues received from administrative fees associated with providing the coverage; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the group insurance commission may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment the amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system 		2,239,436

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Section 2E
1599-6152 State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund
To provide for an operating transfer to the State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund, established pursuant to section 24 of chapter 32A of the General Laws 		432,972,255
1599-6153 OPEB Funding
For an operating transfer to the State Retiree Benefits Trust for the purposes of reducing the Commonwealth's unfunded retiree healthcare and other-non pension benefit liability; provided, that section 152 of chapter 68 of the acts of 2011 shall not apply in fiscal year 2016 		84,552,681
account description amount
Trust and Other Spending 986,746,204
0612-7723 State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund 432,972,255
1120-2200 Optional Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Plans Ins 1,900,000
1120-2500 Group Insurance Commission Assets Held in Trust 547,761,949
1120-3200 Elderly Government Retiree CIC and CIC-OME Rate Stabilization 6,000
1120-3611 Group Insurance Trust Fund 6,000
1120-4200 Retired Municipal Teachers Heath and OME 3,800,000
1120-4300 Retired Municipal Teachers CIC and CIC-OME 200,000
1120-5611 Accumulated Net Interest from Employees' Premiums 100,000

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