8-27-204 - Blind employees. - Tennessee Statutes

8-27-204. Blind employees.

Blind employees of workshops operated in accordance with title 71, chapter 4, part 2, who are unclassified members of state service immediately preceding the implementation date of a contract entered into pursuant to this section, shall not be considered to be state employees for the period of the contract, but shall continue to be afforded the opportunity to participate in the state group insurance plan under the same conditions that apply to state employees. Such employees and the contractor or employer shall make the same contributions and such employees shall be eligible for the same benefits as state employee members. Any other person, including any person who is employed or reemployed after the contractor assumes the management and operation responsibility rpof a workshop, shall not be eligible for the group insurance plan but shall be subject to such terms, conditions, and employee benefits as the contractor may establish for future employees.

[Acts 1982, ch. 863, § 3.]