Update on SB 628 - Introduced on February 4, 2011

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:46:10 -0500

News from our CUSS representatives:

Update on SB 628 - Introduced on February 4, 2011 by President of the Senate
Mike Miller. Hearing dates and times have not been posted yet.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/sb/sb0628f.pdf

Brief highlights:
You can ignore the language that applies to "local" employers/employees.

However, language in bold is new to the current law.

Of course, read the whole bill, but of particular interest are pages 4&5,
8-11, 12:
- notice applicability of bill to current employees, to new employees, and
to retirees-page 12;
- notice applicability dates (i.e., hired after July 1, 2011; dates of
current employees; date retired; did not retire directly after ending
employment); age;
- look closely at the language that applies to the ORP, specially years of
service for health benefits (employee/retiree/spouse);
- NEW CONCEPT: pages 22-33