20-358.   Health care benefit coverage of district court officers and employees.With regard to district court officers and employees whose total salary ispayable by a county, such county shall either provide for insurancecoverage for hospitalization, medical services, surgical services and otherhealth services at least equal to insurance coverage provided to otherstate officers and employees under the state health care benefits programor, if such district court officers and employees are designated by theKansas state employees health care commission under subsection (c) ofK.S.A. 75-6501 as qualified to participate in the state health care benefitsprogram, shall pay the employer's costs for enrolling such employees underthe state health care benefits program. In the event a county elects thelatter type of coverage, counties shall remit the employer and employeepremiums to the Kansas state employees health care commission in accordancewith the directions of the commission, and counties may adopt the sametype payroll deduction plan for employee premiums as provided in K.S.A.75-6506. The provisions of K.S.A. 75-6501 to 75-6511, inclusive, shall beapplicable to such employees in the same manner as other persons eligibleto participate in the state health care benefits program.

      History:   L. 1977, ch. 110, § 10; L. 1984, ch. 329, § 12; Aug. 1.