SECTIONS 87860-87868 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 87860-87868

87860. It is the intent of the Legislature that part-time community
college faculty and their eligible dependents have continuous access
to health insurance benefits.

87860.5. There is hereby established the Part-Time Community
College Faculty Health Insurance Program for the purpose of providing
a state incentive program to encourage community college districts
to offer health insurance for part-time faculty.

87861. For the purposes of this article:
(a) "Health insurance benefits" include medical benefits but do
not include vision or dental benefits.
(b) "Part-time faculty" refers to any faculty member whose
teaching assignment equals or exceeds 40 percent of the cumulative
equivalent of a minimum full-time teaching assignment.
(c) The changes made to subdivision (b) during the 1999 portion of
the 1999-2000 Regular Session of the Legislature shall be operative
in any fiscal year only if funds are appropriated for purposes of
those changes in the annual Budget Act or in another measure. If the
amount appropriated in the annual Budget Act or in another measure
for purposes of this section is insufficient to fully fund those
changes for the fiscal year, the chancellor shall prorate the funds
among the community college districts affected by this section.

87862. The governing board of a community college district may
provide a program of health insurance for part-time faculty and their
dependents.

87863. (a) A part-time faculty member and his or her eligible
dependents are eligible to participate in the program established
pursuant to this article.
(b) The changes made to subdivision (a) during the 1999 portion of
the 1999-2000 Regular Session of the Legislature shall be operative
in any fiscal year only if funds are appropriated for purposes of
those changes in the annual Budget Act or in another measure. If the
amount appropriated in the annual Budget Act or in another measure
for purposes of this section is insufficient to fully fund those
changes for the fiscal year, the chancellor shall prorate the funds
among the community college districts affected by this section.
(c) Any changes made pursuant to this section to the Part-time
Community College Faculty Health Insurance Program shall not affect
any part-time health insurance program in effect on January 1, 2000.

87864. No part-time faculty member or dependents whose premiums for
health insurance are paid by an employer other than a community
college district is eligible to participate in the program
established pursuant to this article.

87866. The governing board of each community college district that
establishes a program pursuant to this article shall do both of the
following:
(a) Negotiate with the exclusive representative as to the payment
of the portion of the health insurance premium that is not funded by
the state.
(b) By June 1 of each year, send verification to the Chancellor of
the California Community Colleges as to the number of participants
in the program.

87867. By June 15 of each year, the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges shall apportion to each community college district
that establishes a program pursuant to this article an amount that
equals up to one-half of the total cost of the individual enrollment
premiums required to be paid for the health insurance coverage of
participating part-time faculty and their dependents in the district.
The chancellor shall distribute funds that have been appropriated
specifically for this purpose proportionally based on each district's
total costs for premiums for those districts that submit
verification of the costs of premiums for eligible employees for a
fiscal year, but in no event shall the allocation to any district
exceed one-half of the cost of the verified premiums. If funds
appropriated for this purpose exceed one-half of the verified cost of
premiums for all participating districts statewide, the balance that
exceeds that amount shall revert to the General Fund annually.

87868. It is the intent of the Legislature that ongoing funding for
the purposes of this article be subject to annual Budget Act
appropriations.