Section 32 Retirees under age 65; contributions to monthly health insurance premiums - Massachusetts Statutes

[Text of section applicable to persons who retire after December 31, 2008. See 2008, 86, Sec. 33.]

Section 32. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a retiree under the age of 65 in a plan for group, general or blanket hospital, medical, dental or other health insurance, either by purchase of a policy from an insurance company, or nonprofit hospital, medical, dental or other service corporation, including a health maintenance organization, or by means of a self-insurance plan or preferred provider arrangement plan of the authority, shall contribute to the total monthly premium or rate applicable to the coverage the greater of the retiree share of the monthly premium or rate then being paid by an authority retiree or the share of the monthly premium or rate established as a percentage for commonwealth retirees.