BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

SB 5895: Employee med assistnce costs

Concerning employers' responsibility for the medical assistance costs of employees.

Summary

Establishes the employer responsibility for medical assistance costs of employees act of 2015. Extends an employer responsibility penalty to employers with employees covered by medical assistance. Ensures that employees who receive health care coverage through medical assistance are protected from possible retaliation by their employer for seeking or obtaining that coverage.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to employers' responsibility for the medical assistance costs of employees;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5895 (2025–26) Ex. medical placement · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5895 (2023–24) Academic employee bargaining · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5895 (2021–22) Remedial action grants · Enacted · Chapter 102, Laws of 2022
SB 5895 (2019–20) GAL fingerprint checks · Enacted · Chapter 57, Laws of 2019
SB 5895 (2017–18) Budget stabilization approps · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5895 (2013–14) Education funding · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5895 (2011–12) Certificated employee evals · Enacted · Chapter 35, Laws of 2012
SB 5895 (2009–10) Residential real property · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House