67A.345 Continued health insurance eligibility for retirees -- Benefits --
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Payments made to provider -- Group rates for spouses, dependents, and
disabled children.
(1)All members of the fund operated pursuant to KRS 67A.360 to 67A.690, and all
members of the urban-county government city employees pension fund who
retired prior to July 1, 1999, and who did not terminate their participation in the
group health insurance plan provided by the urban-county government before
that date, and all members who retire on or after July 1, 1999, or who withdrew
from service on a certificate prior to September 18, 2002, or who withdraw on a
certificate as provided by KRS 67A.410(3)(a) or (b), shall continue to be eligible
to participate, at the member's cost, in a group health insurance plan approved
by the urban-county council for such retirees.
(2)The urban-county government shall provide, on behalf of all eligible members
of the fund operated pursuant to KRS 67A.360 to 67A.690 and city employees
pension, the following benefits:
(a)A sum equal to the single premium for the plan coverage selected by the
retiree, but not more than one hundred percent (100%) of the
urban-county government's contribution to the health insurance
component of the benefit pool for current urban-county government
employees; and
(b)Upon the death of a member of the fund operated pursuant to KRS
67A.360 to 67A.690 that is due to occupational causes, the urban-county
government shall pay to the approved provider of the group health
insurance plan one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of the family
medical coverage for the member's surviving spouse and dependent
children as long as they remain eligible for a monthly retirement
allowance from the retirement fund.
(3)No benefits shall be available under this section to retired members who were
not, immediately prior to July 1, 1999, participants in the group health
insurance plan coverage provided to urban-county government employees and
retirees or who retire on or after July 1, 1999, and, at the time of their
retirement, do not elect to participate in the group health insurance plan
coverage provided pursuant to subsection
(1)of this section.
(4)Benefits shall be available under this section to members of the fund operated
pursuant to KRS 67A.360 to 67A.690 who:
(a)Prior to September 18, 2002, withdrew from service on a certificate when
they attain the age of forty-six
(46)years if, at the time they withdrew from
service, they elected to participate in the group health insurance plan
coverage provided pursuant to subsection
(1)of this section upon
attaining age forty-six (46);
(b)Withdraw on a certificate entitling them to a pension benefit at the age of
forty-one
(41)as provided by KRS 67A.410(3)(a) if, at the time they
withdraw from service, they elect to participate in the group health
insurance plan coverage provided pursuant to subsection
(1)of this
section upon attaining age forty-one (41); or
(c)Withdraw on a certificate entitling them to a pension benefit at the age of
fifty
(50)as provided by KRS 67A.410(3)(b) if, at the time they withdraw
from service, they elect to participate in the group health insurance plan
coverage provided pursuant to subsection
(1)of this section upon
attaining age fifty (50).
(5)All payments shall be made to the approved provider of the group health
insurance plan, not to the retiree, and the retiree shall not be entitled to receive
any portion of the government contribution remaining after payment is made to
the approved provider.
(6)Group rates under the group health insurance plan approved by the
urban-county council under subsection
(1)of this section shall be made
available to the spouse, dependents, and disabled children, regardless of the
disabled child's age, of a qualified and participating retiree, if the premium for
the spouse, dependent, or disabled child is paid by the retired member,
spouse, dependent, or disabled child, by payroll deduction or similar method.