1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; requiring specified type of notice for termination of 
1.3 	the rights of former employees in the state employee group insurance program;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 43A.27, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 43A.27, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 3a.Notice to retired employees. This subdivision applies to a retired 
1.9 	employee or the spouse of a retired employee who has elected, under subdivision 3, to 
1.10 	purchase coverage at personal expense. The commissioner may not terminate the person's 
1.11 	coverage for failure to make premium payments unless the commissioner has evidence 
1.12 	that the person received notice of premiums due and failed to make the required premium 
1.13 	payments in a timely manner. For purposes of this subdivision, the commissioner 
1.14 	may demonstrate that the person received the notice by showing a receipt from the 
1.15 	United States Postal Service, signed by the person whose coverage is being canceled, 
1.16 	demonstrating that the person received the premium notice.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
1.18 	and applies to terminations on and after that date.

1.19 	Sec. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF COVERAGE.
 1.20 	(a) The commissioner of management and budget must reinstate coverage under 
1.21 	the state employee group insurance program (SEGIP) for a person and the spouse of a 
1.22 	person who: (1) made premiums payments for SEGIP coverage for October 2010; and (2) 
2.1 	submits a written and signed statement to the commissioner of management and budget 
2.2 	stating that the person did not receive premium notices from SEGIP for November 2010.
2.3 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the commissioner of management and budget 
2.4 	demonstrates that the person signed a receipt from the United States Postal Service 
2.5 	indicating that the person received the notice of premiums due for November 2010.

2.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment. 
2.7 	Within ten days of the effective date of this section, the commissioner of management 
2.8 	and budget must notify a person covered by this section of the opportunity to reinstate 
2.9 	coverage. The reinstated coverage is effective upon receipt of premium payments.