67A.345 Continued health insurance eligibility for retirees -- Benefits -- Payments made to provider -- Group rates for spouses, dependents, and disabled children. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 2 67A.345 Continued health insurance eligibility for retirees -- Benefits -- Payments made to provider -- Group rates for spouses, dependents, and disabled
children. (1) All members of the policemen's and firefighters' retirement fund of the urban- county government, operated pursuant to KRS 67A.360 to 67A.690, and all
members of the urban-county government city employees pension fund who retired
prior to July 1, 1999, and who did not terminate their participation in the group
health insurance plan provided by the urban-county government before that date,
and all members who retire on or after July 1, 1999, or who withdrew from service
on a certificate prior to September 18, 2002, shall continue to be eligible to
participate, at the member's cost, in a group health insurance plan approved by the
urban-county council for such retirees. (2) The urban-county government shall provide, on behalf of all eligible members of the policemen's and firefighters' retirement fund and city employees pension, the
following benefits:
(a) A sum equal to the single premium for the plan coverage selected by the retiree, but not more than one hundred percent (100%) of the urban-county
government's contribution to the health insurance component of the benefit
pool for current urban-county government employees; and (b) Upon the death of a member of the policemen's and firefighters' retirement fund due to occupational causes, the urban-county government shall pay to the
approved provider of the group health insurance plan one hundred percent
(100%) of the cost of the family medical coverage for the member's surviving
spouse and dependent children as long as they remain eligible for a monthly
retirement allowance from the retirement fund. (3) No benefits shall be available under this section to retired members who were not, immediately prior to July 1, 1999, participants in the group health insurance plan
coverage provided to urban-county government employees and retirees or who retire
on or after July 1, 1999, and, at the time of their retirement, do not elect to
participate in the group health insurance plan coverage provided pursuant to
subsection (1) of this section. (4) Benefits shall be available under this section to members of the policemen's and firefighters' retirement fund who, prior to September 18, 2002, withdrew from
service on a certificate when they attain the age of forty-six (46) years if, at the time
they withdrew from service, they elected to participate in the group health insurance
plan coverage provided pursuant to subsection (1) of this section upon attaining age
forty-six (46). (5) All payments shall be made to the approved provider of the group health insurance plan, not to the retiree, and the retiree shall not be entitled to receive any portion of
the government contribution remaining after payment is made to the approved
provider. (6) Group rates under the group health insurance plan approved by the urban-county council under subsection (1) of this section shall be made available to the spouse, Page 2 of 2 dependents, and disabled children, regardless of the disabled child's age, of a
qualified and participating retiree, if the premium for the spouse, dependent, or
disabled child is paid by the retired member, spouse, dependent, or disabled child,
by payroll deduction or similar method. Effective: April 4, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 144, sec. 1, effective April 4, 2006. -- Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 274, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2002.