§393-21  Individual waivers; additionalwithholding for dependents.  (a)  An employee may waive individually all ofthe required health care benefits pursuant to this chapter by:

(1)  Requesting the waiver by a writing submitted tothe employer; and

(2)  Receiving approval of the waiver from thedirector upon the director determining that the employee has other coverageunder a prepaid health care plan which provides benefits that meet thestandards prescribed in section 393-7.

(b)  The employer who receives from an employeea written request for a waiver under this section shall transmit to thedirector a copy of the waiver, on a form prescribed by the director, and a copyof the prepaid health care plan on the basis of which the waiver is requested.

(c)  A waiver under this section is binding forone year and is renewable for subsequent one-year periods.

(d)  An employer who, directly or indirectly,coerces or attempts to coerce an employee in making a waiver under this sectionshall be subject to the penalty provided under section 393-33(b).

(e)  An employee may not agree to pay a greatershare of the premium for such benefits than is required by this chapter.

(f)  Subject to section 393-7(b), an employeemay consent to pay a greater share of the employee's wages and to a withholdingof such share by the employer for the purpose of providing prepaid health carebenefits of the employee's dependents under the plan providing such benefitsfor the employee's self. [L 1974, c 210, pt of §1; am L 1976, c 81, §1; gen ch1985]