SB5478 amends the Public Employees' Benefits Board's mandate to study and offer various insurance benefits to state employees and retirees.

SB5478 amends the Public Employees' Benefits Board's mandate to study and offer various insurance benefits to state employees and retirees. The board is tasked with studying health care coverage, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and disability income insurance. It must develop employee benefit plans that include comprehensive health care benefits, considering cost containment and quality care. The board can also offer voluntary, employee-paid benefits like emergency transportation, identity protection, and long-term care insurance.

SB5478 amends the Public Employees' Benefits Board's mandate to study and offer various insurance benefits to state employees and retirees.

SB5478 amends the Public Employees' Benefits Board's mandate to study and offer various insurance benefits to state employees and retirees. The board is tasked with studying health care coverage, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and disability income insurance. It must develop employee benefit plans that include comprehensive health care benefits, considering cost containment and quality care. The board can also offer voluntary, employee-paid benefits like emergency transportation, identity protection, and long-term care insurance.