8-27-210 - Long-term care benefits program. - Tennessee Statutes

8-27-210. Long-term care benefits program.

A long-term care benefits program may be established at the discretion of the committee created in § 8-27-101. The committee is authorized to determine the benefits package, funding method, administrative procedures, eligibility provisions and rules relating to the program. If such a program is established, the committee shall have all the powers set forth in § 8-27-201 in administering the program. Payroll deductions shall be available for the payment of premiums from salary paid by the state of Tennessee and from retirement benefits paid by the Tennessee consolidated retirement system to members participating in the plan.

[Acts 1998, ch. 883, § 1.]