[§87A-40]  Employee-beneficiary
contributions; health benefit plans.  (a)  Each employee-beneficiary shall
make a monthly contribution to the fund amounting to the difference between the
monthly charge of the health benefits plan selected by the employee-beneficiary
and the contribution made by the State or county for the employee-beneficiary
to the fund.  Nothing in this section shall prohibit any employee-beneficiary
from participating in a cafeteria plan authorized under Title 26 United States
Code section 125, Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and part II of
chapter 78.



(b)  During the period the health benefits plan
selected by an employee-beneficiary is in effect, the employee-beneficiary, if
allowed by law, shall authorize the employee-beneficiary's contribution to be
withheld and transmitted to the fund monthly by the comptroller, employees'
retirement system, or finance officer who disburses the employee-beneficiary's
compensation, pension, or retirement pay.  If an employee-beneficiary's contribution
to the fund is not withheld and transmitted to the fund, the
employee-beneficiary shall pay the monthly contribution:



(1)  In the case of an employee-beneficiary who
normally receives the employee-beneficiary's compensation from the comptroller
or employees' retirement system, directly to the fund by the first day of each
month; or



(2)  In the case of all other employee-beneficiaries,
to the respective finance officer from whom the employee-beneficiary normally
receives compensation for transmittal to the fund by the first day of each
month.



(c)  Notwithstanding subsection (a), an
employee-beneficiary's monthly contribution to the fund shall include the
amount that would have been the employee-beneficiary's contribution if the
employee-beneficiary had not elected to participate in the cafeteria plan. [L
2001, c 88, pt of §1]



 



Note



 



  Part II of chapter 78 referred to in text is repealed.