State legislators have continued to grapple with difficult, unstable finances associated with insuring state employees and teachers. Over the past several years, spikes in premiums have often eclipsed annual raises.
The reforms would look to increase premium stability and provide regulators with more oversight to prevent unexpected price shifts, according to the Gazette. Proposals would also require employees to have worked five years to receive benefits and expand coverage to include morbid obesity treatments.
Most proposals include emergency clauses that would make them effective immediately after being signed by the governor.
