Sec. 5-264d. Flexible health care spending account program. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 5-264d. Flexible health care spending account program. The Comptroller shall maintain a flexible health care spending account program for state employees in accordance with Sections 105 and 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, and regulations adopted pursuant to Sections 105 and 125 of said Internal Revenue Code. Under the program, the Comptroller or the program administrator, upon receipt of the written request of an employee, shall establish and maintain a flexible health care spending account for such employee. The Comptroller shall reduce the salary of such employee by the amount designated in such request. Such amount shall be transferred to the employee's flexible health care spending account and shall be used to reimburse the employee for expenses incurred for medical care which are eligible for reimbursement under Section 213 of said Internal Revenue Code. The Comptroller may contract with a program administrator for the management of the program. For the purposes of this section, "state employees" includes members of the General Assembly.

      (P.A. 04-98, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 04-98 effective July 1, 2004.