SF 2115

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/16/2017 09:24am

A bill for an act
relating to retirement; public employees police and fire retirement plan; clarifying
plan coverage for certain Hennepin Healthcare System supervisors; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 353.64, subdivision 10.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 353.64, subdivision 10, is amended to read:

Subd. 10.

Pension coverage for Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc.; paramedics and
emergency medical technicians.

An employee of Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. is a
member of the public employees police and fire retirement plan under sections 353.63 to
353.68 if the person is:

(1) certified as a paramedic or emergency medical technician by the state under section
144E.28, subdivision 4;

(2) employed part time, defined as working more than 40 hours every pay period but
less than 80 hours, or full time, working a minimum of 80 hours every pay period, by
Hennepin County as:

(i) a paramedic or;

(ii) an emergency medical technician by Hennepin County; or

(iii) a supervisor or manager of paramedics or emergency medical technicians; and

(3) not eligible for coverage under the agreement signed between the state and the
secretary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services making the provisions
of the federal Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Act applicable to paramedics
and emergency medical technicians because the person's position is excluded after that date
from application under United States Code, title 42, sections 418(d)(5)(A) and 418(d)(8)(D),
and section 355.07.

Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. shall deduct the employee contribution from the salary
of each full-time paramedic and emergency medical technician it employs as required by
section 353.65, subdivision 2, shall make the employer contribution for each part-time and
each full-time paramedic and emergency medical technician it employs as required by
section 353.65, subdivision 3, and shall meet the employer recording and reporting
requirements in section 353.65, subdivision 4.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2017.