Jackson County Missouri - File #: 5806

• File #: 5806
• Version: 0
• Name: Chapter 7 JaCo Code - former employee insurance coverage
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: withdrawn
• File created: 10/11/2023
• In control: Finance and Audit Committee
• On agenda: 10/16/2023
• Final action: 10/30/2023
• Title: AN ORDINANCE repealing section 727., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to election of insurance coverage for former employees.
• Sponsors: Megan L. Marshall

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/30/2023	0	County Legislature	withdrawn
10/30/2023	0	Finance and Audit Committee	recommend withdrawal
10/25/2023	0	County Legislature	Go To 2nd Perfection	Pass
10/23/2023	0	Finance and Audit Committee	hold
10/17/2023	0	County Legislature	Go To 1st Perfection	Pass
10/16/2023	0	County Legislature	assign to committee

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

Title
AN ORDINANCE repealing section 727., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to election of insurance coverage for former employees.

Intro
ORDINANCE NO. 5806, October 16, 2023

INTRODUCED BY Megan L Marshall, County Legislator


Body
WHEREAS, an unintended liability was found to exist in section 727., Jackson County Code, 1984 with regards to insurance for vested former employees; and,


WHEREAS, repeal of section 727. is now appropriate; now therefore,


BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri as follows:



Section A. Enacting Clause. Section 727., Jackson County Code, 1984, is hereby repealed, to read as follows:
[727. Health Insurance, Former Employees.
In the event that the county shall contract for group health insurance for the benefit of any county officers or employees, any such group health insurance contract shall provide for coverage eligibility for any former county employee who is vested in the county employee pension plan established under chapter 15 of this code and who is actually receiving pension benefits under the plan, at the former employee's own expense, until such time as the former employee is eligible for health insurance coverage under the United States Department of Health and Human Services Medicare program.]


Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon signature by the County Executive.

APPROVED AS TO FORM:


____________________________
County Counselor

I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance No. 5806 introduced on October 16, 2023, was duly passed on _____________________, 2023 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:

Yeas_____________ Nays_____________

Abstaining_________ Absent___________



This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.


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