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1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Eligible retired state employee” means a former employee of the government of the
state of Iowa, including but not limited to any departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, or
commissions of the state of Iowa, who is receiving the minimum level of retirement benefits
for eligibility under this section and who is participating in a state health or medical group
insurance plan which covers the former employee and the former employee’s spouse at the
time of the death of the former employee.
b. “Minimum level of retirement benefits for eligibility under this section” means any of the
following:
(1)The eligible retired state employee has received retirement benefits under the
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1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Eligible retired state employee” means a former employee of the government of the
state of Iowa, including but not limited to any departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, or
commissions of the state of Iowa, who is receiving the minimum level of retirement benefits
for eligibility under this section and who is participating in a state health or medical group
insurance plan which covers the former employee and the former employee’s spouse at the
time of the death of the former employee.
b. “Minimum level of retirement benefits for eligibility under this section” means any of the
following:
(1) The eligible retired state employee has received retirement benefits under the
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retirement system established in chapter 97A based upon the completion of at least
twenty-two years of membership service.
(2) The eligible retired state employee has received retirement benefits under the
retirement system established in chapter 97B.
(3) The eligible retired state employee has received retirement benefits under the
retirement system established in chapter 602, article 9.
c. “State health or medical group insurance plan” means a health or medical group
insurance plan for employees of the state.
2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in the event of the death of an
eligible retired state employee, the surviving spouse of the eligible retired state employee
whose insurance would otherwise terminate because of the death of the eligible retired state
employeemayelecttocontinuetobeamemberofthestatehealthormedicalgroupinsurance
planbyrequestingcontinuationinwritingtothedepartmentofadministrativeserviceswithin
thirty-one days after the death of the eligible retired state employee. The surviving spouse
shall pay the total premium for the state health or medical group insurance plan and shall
have the same rights to change programs or coverage as state employees.