TO: | Honorable Allan Ritter, Chair, House Committee on Pensions & Investments |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB88 by McClendon (Relating to coverage by state employee insurance programs of pharmaceutical prescriptions to assist in stopping smoking.), As Introduced |
The bill requires the Employees Retirement System (ERS) Board of Trustees to provide a coverage plan that includes pharmaceutical prescriptions to help state employees stop smoking. ERS estimates smoking cessation drugs add between $0.13 to $0.23 cents per covered life per month. Assuming the current enrollment in the Uniform Group Insurance Program (UGIP) of 531,000 and an average cost of $0.18 for smoking cessation drugs per covered life per month, the additional annual cost to the UGIP is an estimated $1,147,000. However, the estimated additional cost to the UGIP is not anticipated to be significant enough to cause an increase in group insurance premiums.
Source Agencies: | 327 Employees Retirement System, 454 Department Of Insurance
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LBB Staff: | JK, JO, RR, RT, ZS, RB, MS
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