§ 20-19-3-38 — Report on school corporation employee health plan options

(a) As used in this section:
(1) "school health plan" refers to a school employee health plan
offered under IC 20-26-17; and
(2) "state health plan" refers to a state employee health plan
offered under IC 5-10-8-6.7.
(b) Before November 1, 2025, the department shall prepare and
submit a report to the general assembly in an electronic format under
IC 5-14-6 that provides an analysis of the feasibility and cost of
increasing school corporation employee health plan options.
(c) The report described in subsection (b) must include the
following:
(1) An analysis of the feasibility and cost of allowing a school
corporation employee to elect to participate in a state health plan
if the state health plan is less expensive than the school health
plan offered by the employee's school corporation.
(2) An analysis of the feasibility and cost of allowing a school
corporation employee who elects, as described in subdivision (1),
to participate in a less expensive state health plan to apply the
difference between the amount of the school health plan offered
by the employee's school corporation and the amount of the state
health plan to:
(A) the employee's defined contribution account, if the
employee maintains a defined contribution account; or
(B) the employee's annual salary.
(d) This section expires July 1, 2026.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.190-2025, SEC.1.