Also in the budget proposal for the Department of Administration that JFAC will vote on this morning are directions to the department on state employee health insurance plans, including specifying that benefits won't be cut or costs to employees increased as a result of the plan that was built into every state budget this year to draw down reserves as a money-saving move. There's another change, too: The current 30-day waiting period for state employees to get health coverage would rise to 90 days. Both Sen. Dean Cameron, R-Rupert, and Rep. Maxine Bell, R-Jerome, said that's the standard in the private sector. That's expected to save the state about $5 million next year.

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