§87A-18  Long-term care benefits plan;carrier or third-party administrator.  (a)  The board may establish along-term care benefits plan or plans for employee-beneficiaries; the spouses,parents, grandparents, in-law parents, and in-law grandparents of employee-beneficiaries;and qualified-beneficiaries.  The plan or plans shall be at no cost toemployers and shall comply with article 10H of chapter 431.

(b)  Notwithstanding any other law to thecontrary, long-term care benefits shall be available only to:

(1)  Employee-beneficiaries and their spouses,parents, and grandparents;

(2)  Employee-beneficiary in-law parents andgrandparents; and

(3)  Qualified-beneficiaries who enroll between theages of twenty and eighty-five,

who comply with the plan's age, enrollment, medicalunderwriting, and contribution requirements.

(c)  The board may contract with a carrier toprovide fully insured benefits or with a third-party administrator toadminister self-insured benefits. [L 2001, c 88, pt of §1; am L 2004, c 216,§14]