State Health Plan members who cover dependents under the age of 75 should have received a letter informing them that a Dependent Eligibility Verification Audit is currently underway.
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The House and Senate passed a compromise budget in late June that includes a $1,000 pay increase for state employees and a 1-percent true cost-of-living adjustment for retirees.
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This week at the legislature was filled with a lot of talk about redrawing district maps because of a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, though House and Senate conferees continue to meet to work out a budget compromise. The three proposals on the table include the following:
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SEANC is asking all members to consider switching over to bank draft, where payments are pulled from members’ bank accounts each month instead of their paychecks.
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The N.C. House followed the lead of the Senate this week and rushed through its budget proposal with little debate and passing it just after midnight this morning.
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The State Employees Association of North Carolina announced today that it had distributed more than $22,000 in relief grants to 61 members and their families who suffered losses as a result of Hurricane Matthew’s landfall last fall.
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The State Employees Association of North Carolina Board of Governors presented Wendy Callahan, the mother of the late Sgt. Meggan Callahan, with a check from donations to the fund SEANC set up in honor of her daughter, at its meeting over the weekend.
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The Charlotte Observer reports that a correctional officer is assaulted approximately once every eight hours in this state, and there were 1,160 assaults on prison staff in 2016.
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The N.C. Senate voted earlier this morning to approve its budget proposal, which turns a blind eye to the needs of state employees and retirees in favor of tax cuts for the rich and corporations.
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The N.C. Senate finally released its full budget at two minutes until midnight Tuesday, and unfortunately it's no better than the summary given in Senate leaders' press conference earlier in the day.
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