2011 Senate Bill 400 ↩

Senate Roll Call 331: Passed

To require school districts to be the actual insurance “policyholder” for health benefits provided for employees, or else to be given quick access by the actual policyholder to emplolyee claims and cost information. This involves the device by which the MEA school employee’s union’s insurance subsidiary (MESSA) structures the coverage to school districts, in which MESSA is the actual policyholder (and Blue Cross Blue Shield the underwriter). Dismantling this arrangement is one of the requirements schools must meet to get extra money under the 2011-2012 budget.