GOVERNOR’S PACKAGE – HRD (Department of Human Resource Development)

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HB No.

SB No.

Title

Description

HB 2518

SB 2859

Relating to Public Employment

Reforms the public employment laws that were enacted to implement two constitutional mandates -- that there be a civil service based on merit and that public employees have the right to bargain collectively.

HB 2519

SB 2860

Relating to Flexible Spending Accounts

Requires that all Flexible Spending Accounts ("FSAs") participant contributions, interest earned, and forfeited participant balances be held in trust outside the state treasury, specifies that the interest earned on the contributions and forfeited participant balances be used to defray the monthly participant fees and other administrative costs.

HB 2520

SB 2861

Relating to Workers' Compensation

Provides alternatives to injured employees who are trying to restore their earning capacities, and to set parameters for the utilization of rehabilitation services.