§393-21 Individual waivers; additional withholding for dependents.

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(a)An employee may waive individually all of the required health care benefits pursuant to this chapter by:

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

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

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

(c)A waiver under this section is binding for one 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 section shall be subject to the penalty provided under section 393-33(b).

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

(f)Subject to section 393-7(b), an employee may consent to pay a greater share of the employee's wages and to a withholding of such share by the employer for the purpose of providing prepaid health care benefits of the employee's dependents under the plan providing such benefits for the employee's self. [L 1974, c 210, pt of §1; am L 1976, c 81, §1; gen ch 1985]