§87A-36  State and county contributions;employees hired after June 30, 2001, and retired.  (a)  This section shallapply to state and county contributions to the fund for employees hired afterJune 30, 2001, and who retired, except that this section shall not apply to thefollowing employees, for whom state and county contributions shall be made asprovided by section 87A-35:

(1)  An employee hired after June 30, 1996, and priorto July 1, 2001, who transfers employment after June 30, 2001, and who cumulativelyaccrues at least ten years of credited service; and

(2)  An employee hired after June 30, 1996, and priorto July 1, 2001, who has at least ten years of credited service prior to abreak in service.

For purposes of this section:

"Break in service" means to leavestate or county employment for more than ninety calendar days before returningto state or county employment.

"Transfer" means to leave state orcounty employment and return to state or county employment within ninetycalendar days.

(b)  For purposes of this section, if anemployee leaves state or county employment and returns to state or countyemployment after July 1, 2001, upon retirement, the employee's years of serviceshall be computed in the same manner as set forth in chapter 88.

(c)  The State, through the department ofbudget and finance, and the counties, through their respective departments offinance, shall pay to the fund:

(1)  For retired employees based on the self plan withten or more years but fewer than fifteen years of service, a monthlycontribution equal to one-half of the base medicare or non-medicare monthlycontribution set forth under section 87A-33(b);

(2)  For retired employees based on the self plan withat least fifteen but fewer than twenty-five years of service, a monthlycontribution equal to seventy-five per cent of the base medicare ornon-medicare monthly contribution set forth under section 87A-33(b);

(3)  For retired employees based on the self plan withtwenty-five or more years of service, a monthly contribution equal toone-hundred per cent of the base medicare or non-medicare monthly contributionset forth under section 87A-33(b); and

(4)  One-half of the monthly contributions for theemployee-beneficiary or employee-beneficiary with dependent-beneficiaries uponthe death of the employee, as defined in paragraph (1)(E) of the definition of"employee" in section 87A-1.

If both husband and wife areemployee-beneficiaries, the total contribution by the State or county shall notexceed the monthly contribution for two supplemental medicare self ornon-medicare self plans, as appropriate. [L 2001, c 88, pt of §1; am L 2004, c184, §2]

 

Note

 

  L 2004, c 184, §3 provides:

  "SECTION 3.  The board of trustees of the employer-unionhealth benefits trust fund shall establish a process by which public employeesaffected by this Act shall be notified of the retirement health benefitsoptions provided under this Act."