[§87A-32]  State and county contributions;
active employees.  (a)  The State, through the department of budget and
finance, and the counties, through their respective departments of finance,
shall pay to the fund a monthly contribution equal to the amount established
under chapter 89C or specified in the applicable public sector collective
bargaining agreements, whichever is appropriate, for each of their respective
employee-beneficiaries and employee-beneficiaries with dependent-beneficiaries,
which shall be used toward the payment of costs of a health benefits plan;
provided that:



(1)  The monthly contribution shall be a specified
dollar amount;



(2)  The monthly contribution shall not exceed the
actual cost of a health benefits plan;



(3)  If both husband and wife are
employee-beneficiaries, the total contribution by the State or the county shall
not exceed the monthly contribution for a family plan; and



(4)  If the State or any of the counties establish
cafeteria plans in accordance with Title 26, United States Code section 125,
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and part II of chapter 78, the
monthly contribution for those employee-beneficiaries who participate in a
cafeteria plan shall be made through the cafeteria plan, and the payments made by
the State or counties shall include their respective contributions to the fund
and their employee-beneficiary's share of the cost of the
employee-beneficiary's health benefits plan.



(b)  The State, through the department of
budget and finance, and the counties, through their respective departments of
finance, shall pay to the fund a monthly contribution equal to the amount
established under chapter 89C or specified in the applicable public sector
collective bargaining agreement, whichever is applicable, for each of their
respective employees, to be used toward the payment of group life insurance
benefits for each employee. [L 2001, c 88, pt of §1]



 



Note



 



  Part II of chapter 78 referred to in text is repealed.