1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; Independent School District
1.3 	No. 625, St. Paul; requiring the restoration of
1.4 	postretirement health insurance coverage for certain
1.5 	retired teachers.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 625, ST. PAUL;
1.8 	RESTORATION OF CERTAIN POSTRETIREMENT HEALTH INSURANCE
1.9 	COVERAGE.
 1.10 	(a) An eligible person described in paragraph (b) is
1.11 	entitled to a restoration of school district-paid Medicare
1.12 	supplement medical or health insurance coverage by Independent
1.13 	School District No. 625, St. Paul, beginning with the first of
1.14 	the month next following the date of enactment.
1.15 	(b) An eligible person is a person who:
1.16 	(1) was born on November 3, 1937;
1.17 	(2) was initially employed as a teacher by Independent
1.18 	School District No. 625, St. Paul, on August 30, 1971;
1.19 	(3) retired on December 31, 1997; and 
1.20 	(4) had the person's Medicare supplement medical or health
1.21 	insurance coverage canceled by school district action.
1.22 	(c) If Independent School District No. 625, St. Paul, does
1.23 	not restore the eligible person's Medicare supplement medical or
1.24 	health insurance coverage consistent with the 1997 collective
1.25 	bargaining agreement terms, the eligible person is entitled to
2.1 	have comparable state-aid paid insurance coverage under
2.2 	Minnesota Statutes, section 43A.24, and the commissioner of
2.3 	employee relations shall certify the cost of this insurance
2.4 	coverage monthly to the commissioner of education, who shall
2.5 	deduct the certified amount from the next general education
2.6 	revenue payable to Independent School District No. 625, St.
2.7 	Paul, under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10, or any other
2.8 	state-aid amount payable to the district under Minnesota
2.9 	Statutes, chapter 126C.

2.10 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.11 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.