38-797.03. ASRS board; personnel; duties; hearing or review; executive session
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A. The board shall administer the LTD program. ASRS officers, contractors and personnel shall perform the duties prescribed by this article.
B. The board may determine the rights, benefits or obligations of any person under this article and afford any person dissatisfied with a determination of their rights, benefits or obligations under this article with a hearing on the determination. Notwithstanding section 38-431.03, the board shall hold a hearing or review of an administrative law judge's written decision in an executive session if the aggrieved person makes such a request. If the board holds a hearing or review in executive session pursuant to this subsection, the board shall use the procedures for an executive session as provided in section 38-431.03.
Minutes of and discussions held at an executive session are confidential except from the aggrieved person for the purposes of an appeal of the board's decision to the superior court on the matter that is determined by the board. The aggrieved person must request an executive session hearing at least forty-eight hours before the hearing.
C. The board may enter into a contract with an insurance company or another entity to administer all or part of the LTD program and to determine eligibility for benefits under the LTD program.
D. The board shall pay from the LTD trust fund the amounts necessary to pay benefits under and costs of administering the LTD program.