ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
BILL NO. 0157
ENROLLED ACT NO.
60, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FIFTY-SIXTH
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2001
GENERAL SESSION
AN ACT relating to the State
Employees and Officials Group
Insurance Act;
providing for eligibility of retired state
employees in the
group insurance plan; specifying
conditions; and
providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted
by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. W.S. 9-3-218 is created to read:
9-3-218. Retiree
membership in plan.
(a) A retiree
is eligible for coverage under the
group insurance plan
at premium rates established by the
department, provided:
(i) Application
to continue coverage is made to
the department within
thirty-one (31) days after
termination of the
retiree's employment;
(ii) The retiree
has had medical coverage in
effect under the group
insurance plan for at least one (1)
year immediately prior
to the date of retirement and is
eligible to receive a
retirement benefit under the Wyoming
retirement system; and
either:
(A) Has
attained the age of fifty (50) on
the date of retirement
and has at least four (4) years of
service credit under
the Wyoming retirement system as an
employee of one (1) of
the employing entities participating
in the plan; or
(B) Has at
least twenty (20) years of
service credit under
the Wyoming retirement system as an
employee of one (1) of
the employing entities participating
in the plan.
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(b) Within the
application period provided under
paragraph (a)(i) of
this section, the retiree may elect to
continue coverage of
his eligible dependents under the
group insurance plan
provided each such dependent was
covered under the
group insurance plan for at least one (1)
year immediately prior
to the retiree's date of retirement.
An election to add
dependents may not be made after the
initial application
period unless the increase in the
number of dependents
results from a subsequent marriage,
birth or adoption in
which case the dependents may be
enrolled at a later
date upon conditions the department may
impose.
(c) The
department shall establish procedures by
which the eligible
retiree shall make application within
the thirty-one (31)
day period provided under paragraph
(a)(i) of this
section.
Section 2. W.S. 9-3-203(a)(xi) and
by creating a new
paragraph (xiii), 9-3-207 by creating a new subsection (d)
and 9-3-211 are amended to read:
9-3-203. Definitions.
(a) As used in
this act:
(xi) "This
act" means W.S. 9-3-202 through
9-3-213 9-3-218;
(xiii) "Retiree"
means an individual who has
terminated his working
career as an employee of an
employing entity
participating in the group insurance plan
and who is eligible to
receive a retirement benefit under
the Wyoming retirement
system.
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9-3-207. Eligibility for membership
in plan; state
employees; 31
day period to elect enrollment; new
employees;
later enrollment.
(d) A retiree is
eligible for coverage under the
group insurance plan
subject to the provisions of W.S.
9-3-218.
9-3-211. Deductions from salaries of
monthly
contributions
by employees and officials; establishment of
procedure.
(a) The amount
of monthly contribution to be made by
eligible employees and
officials enrolled in the group
insurance plan for
themselves and their dependents shall be
deducted from the
monthly salaries of the employees and
officials by the
various agencies and remitted to the board
shall be established
by the board department.
If a flexible
benefits plan is
chosen, the employees' and officials'
contribution shall be
applied to the chosen benefits in an
amount determined by
the employee or official.
(b) The department
shall establish procedures for
deducting and
remitting monthly contributions by eligible
retirees enrolled in
the group insurance plan which may
include deductions
from the retiree's state retirement
benefits or from the
retiree's checking or savings account.
Section 3. Nothing in this act shall affect the
eligibility of
retirees currently participating in the
group health insurance
plan.
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Section 4. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
(END)
Speaker of
the House President of
the Senate
Governor
TIME APPROVED: _________
DATE APPROVED: _________
I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House.
Chief Clerk
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