(1) For those children of employee-beneficiaries who are not participating in a dental program of an employee organization (hereafter called "nonparticipating employee-beneficiaries"), the board shall determine a dental plan and eligibility requirements for such benefits based upon a statutory monthly contribution per enrolled child;

(2) For those children of employee-beneficiaries who participate in the dental program of an employee organization, the board shall allot the statutory monthly contribution per enrolled child or the actual monthly cost of the child's coverage, whichever is less, towards the purchase of dental plan benefits under the dental program of an employee organization; provided that no enrolled child shall have more than one allotment a month; or

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) notwithstanding, an employee-beneficiary shall be required to enroll all of the employee-beneficiary's children who are under the age of nineteen in the children's dental plan for nonparticipating employee-beneficiaries or the dental program of an employee organization. [L 1980, c 61, §1; am L 1982, c 96, §1; am L 1997, c 276, §3]