JurisdictionIndianaTitle 5STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
Art. 10PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Ch. 8Group Insurance for Public Employees
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7.
(a)As used in this section, "state employee
health plan" means a:
(1)self-insurance program established under section 7(b) of this
chapter; or
(2)contract with a prepaid health care delivery plan entered into
under section 7(c) of this chapter;
to provide group health coverage for state employees.
(b)The state personnel department shall allow a school corporation
or charter school to elect to provide coverage of health care services for
active and retired employees of the school corporation under any state
employee health plan. If a school corporation or charter school elects
to provide coverage of health care services for active and retired
employees of the school corporation or charter school under a state
employee health plan, it must provide coverage for all active and
retired e
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7. (a) As used in this section, "state employee
health plan" means a:
(1) self-insurance program established under section 7(b) of this
chapter; or
(2) contract with a prepaid health care delivery plan entered into
under section 7(c) of this chapter;
to provide group health coverage for state employees.
(b) The state personnel department shall allow a school corporation
or charter school to elect to provide coverage of health care services for
active and retired employees of the school corporation under any state
employee health plan. If a school corporation or charter school elects
to provide coverage of health care services for active and retired
employees of the school corporation or charter school under a state
employee health plan, it must provide coverage for all active and
retired employees of the school corporation or charter school under the
state employee health plan (other than any employees covered by an
Indiana comprehensive health insurance association policy or
individuals who retire from the school corporation before July 1, 2010,
or charter school before July 1, 2011) if coverage was provided for
these employees under the prior policies.
(c) The following apply if a school corporation or charter school
elects to provide coverage for active and retired employees of the
school corporation or charter school under subsection (b):
(1) The state shall not pay any part of the cost of the coverage.
(2) The coverage provided to an active or retired school
corporation or charter school employee under this section must be
the same as the coverage provided to an active or retired state
employee under the state employee health plan.
(3) Notwithstanding sections 2.2 and 2.6 of this chapter:
(A) the school corporation or charter school shall pay for the
coverage provided to an active or retired school corporation or
charter school employee under this section an amount not more
than the amount paid by the state for coverage provided to an
active or retired state employee under the state employee health
plan; and
(B) an active or retired school corporation or charter school
employee shall pay for the coverage provided to the active or
retired school corporation or charter school employee under this
section an amount that is at least equal to the amount paid by an
active or retired state employee for coverage provided to the
active or retired state employee under the state employee health
plan.
However, this subdivision does not apply to contractual
commitments made by a school corporation to individuals who
retire before July 1, 2010, or by a charter school to individuals
who retire before July 1, 2011.
(4) The school corporation or charter school shall pay any
administrative costs of the school corporation's or charter school's
participation in the state employee health plan.
(5) The school corporation or charter school shall provide the
coverage elected under subsection (b) for a period of at least three
(3) years beginning on the date the coverage of the school
corporation or charter school employees under the state employee
health plan begins.
(d) The state personnel department shall provide an enrollment
period at least every thirty (30) days for a school corporation or charter
school that elects to provide coverage under subsection (b).
(e) The state personnel department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2
to implement this section.
(f) Neither this section nor a school corporation's or charter school's
election to participate in a state employee health plan as provided in
this section impairs the rights of an exclusive representative of the
certificated or noncertificated employees of the school corporation or
charter school to collectively bargain all matters related to school
employee health insurance programs and benefits.