§87-4.5 State and county contributions to fund; retired employees with fewer than ten years of service.
(a) This section shall apply to state and county contributions to the fund for employees specified in section 87-1(5)(A)(v), except those hired after June 30, 1996, under section 87-4.6, who retire after June 30, 1984, with fewer than ten years of credited service, excluding sick leave.(b) The State through the department of budget and finance and the several counties through their respective departments of finance shall pay to the fund a monthly contribution equal to one-half of the retired employee's monthly Medicare or non-Medicare premium:
(1) For hospital, medical, and surgical benefits of a health benefits plan for each of their respective employee-beneficiaries or their respective employee-beneficiaries and their dependent-beneficiaries enrolled under this section;
(2) For prescription drug benefits of a health benefits plan for each of their respective employee-beneficiaries or their respective employee-beneficiaries and their dependent-beneficiaries enrolled under this section;
(3) For vision care benefits of a health benefits plan for each of their respective employee-beneficiaries or their respective employee-beneficiaries and their dependent-beneficiaries enrolled under this section; and
(4) For adult dental benefits of a health benefits plan for each of their respective employee-beneficiaries or their respective employee-beneficiaries and their spouses enrolled under this section.
If both husband and wife are employee-beneficiaries, the total contribution by the State or the appropriate county shall not exceed the monthly contribution of a family plan for both of them.
(c) The State through the department of budget and finance and the several counties through their respective departments of finance shall pay to the fund a monthly contribution equal to the total monthly premium for each child who has not attained the age of nineteen of all employee-beneficiaries who are enrolled in the fund's dental plan for children under this section.
(d) The State through the department of budget and finance and the several counties through their respective departments of finance shall pay to the fund a monthly contribution equal to the total monthly premium for each retired employee enrolled in the fund's group life insurance benefits plan under this section.
(e) For the purpose of this section, the retired employee's monthly Medicare and non-Medicare premiums for the hospital, medical, and surgical plan, the prescription drug plan, the vision care plan, and the adult dental plan shall be established annually by the board and shall be equal to the retired employee's Medicare and non-Medicare premiums for the hospital, medical, and surgical plan, the prescription drug plan, the vision care plan, and the adult dental plan contracted by the fund with the largest enrollments.
(f) The State through the department of budget and finance and the several counties through their respective departments of finance shall advance the amount of their respective employee-beneficiaries' contributions to the fund on or before the first day of each month.
(g) Contributions made by the State or the several counties shall not be considered as wages or salary of an employee-beneficiary, and no employee-beneficiary shall have any vested right in or be entitled to receive any part of any contribution made to the fund. [L 1985, c 72, §1; am L 1987, c 172, §1; am L 1989, c 298, §3; am L 1990, c 94, §1; am L 1991, c 81, §1; am L 1995, c 217, §3; am L 1996, c 269, §2]