§ 36-12-2.2. Disabled retired employees — Hospital care and surgical-medical service benefits.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, an employee of the
state of Rhode Island who retires under the provisions of title 36 of the Rhode Island
general laws with a disability pension benefit shall receive only the following state-sponsored
health care and subsidies:
(1) Disabled retired employees who retire on or before September 30, 2008, and who are
at least sixty (60) years of age as of September 30, 2008.
(i) Any disabled retired employee of the state of Rhode Island who retires on or before
September 30, 2008, and is at least sixty (60) years of age as of September 30, 2008,
will be eligible until age sixty-five (65) to continue to purchase hospital care and
surgical-medical service benefits as set forth in § 36-12-2 and as are received by classified employees. Furthermore, if he/she retired subsequent
to July 1, 1989, he/she shall receive for himself or herself a subsidy on the individual
medical plan in accordance with the following formula until attaining age sixty-five
(65):
| Years of Service |
State's Share |
Employee's Share |
| 10 - 15 |
50% |
50% |
| 16 - 22 |
70% |
30% |
| 23 - 27 |
80% |
20% |
| 28+ |
100% |
0% |
(ii) Any disabled retired employee of the state of Rhode Island who retires on or before
September 30, 2008, and is at least sixty-five (65) years of age as of September 30,
2008, will be eligible to continue to purchase hospital care and surgical-medical
service benefits as set forth in § 36-12-2 and as are received by classified employees. Furthermore, if he/she retired subsequent
to July 1, 1989, he/she shall receive for himself or herself a subsidy on his or her
individual medical plan in accordance with the following formula applied to the cost
of the Medicare supplemental plan:
| Years of Service |
State's Share |
Employee's Share |
| 10 - 15 |
50% |
50% |
| 16 - 19 |
70% |
30% |
| 20 - 27 |
90% |
10% |
| 28+ |
100% |
0% |
(iii) Payment for the coverage shall be at the same group rate used by the state in making
payment for state employees.
(2) Disabled retired employees who retire after September 30, 2008, or are under sixty
(60) years of age on September 30, 2008. Any disabled retired employee of the state
of Rhode Island who retires after September 30, 2008, or any disabled retired employee
of the state of Rhode Island who is under sixty (60) years of age on September 30,
2008, will be eligible to receive state-sponsored medical coverage and subsidies as
follows:
(i) If the retiree is under fifty-nine (59) years of age, the retiree shall have the right
to purchase hospital care and surgical-medical service benefits as set forth in § 36-12-2 and as are received by classified employees. Payment for the coverage shall be at
the same group rate used by the state in making payment for state employees.
(ii) Furthermore, if the retiree is under fifty-nine (59) years of age, and retired after
July 1, 1989, and before September 30, 2008, and the retiree had a minimum of twenty-eight
(28) years of total service, he/she shall receive for himself or herself a ninety
percent (90%) subsidy on the individual medical plan until attaining age fifty-nine
(59).
(iii) At age fifty-nine (59) the retiree and his/her dependents shall be eligible only for
enrollment in the medical plans available to non-disabled state employee retirees.
If the retiree has a minimum of ten (10) years of contributory service, and up to
twenty (20) years of total service, the retiree will be eligible for a fifty percent
(50%) state subsidy on the cost of the individual retiree medical plan. If the retiree
has a minimum of ten (10) years of contributory service, and twenty (20) years or
more of total service, the retiree will be eligible for an eighty percent (80%) state
subsidy on the cost of the individual retiree medical plan. The retiree is responsible
for full payment for any additional dependent plans.
(3) Disabled retired employees who retire after September 30, 2008, or are under sixty-five
(65) years of age on September 30, 2008. Any disabled retired employee of the state
of Rhode Island who retires after September 30, 2008, or any disabled retired employee
of the state of Rhode Island who is under sixty-five (65) years of age on September
30, 2008, will be eligible to receive only the following state-sponsored medical coverage
and subsidies upon attaining age sixty-five (65):
(i) If the retiree is eligible for Medicare at age sixty-five (65), the retiree and spouse
shall enroll in a state-sponsored Medicare supplemental plan.
(ii) If a retiree is not eligible for Medicare at age sixty-five (65), the retiree may
remain in the same medical plan that the retiree was enrolled in prior to attaining
age sixty-five (65).
(iii) If the retiree has a minimum of ten (10) years of contributory service, and up to
twenty (20) years of total service, the retiree will receive a fifty percent (50%)
state subsidy based on the cost of the individual Medicare supplemental plan. If the
retiree has a minimum of ten (10) years of contributory service and twenty (20) years
or more of total service, the retiree will be eligible for an eighty percent (80%)
state subsidy based on the cost of the individual Medicare supplemental plan. The
retiree is responsible for full payment for any additional dependent plans.
(4) Payments for retiree and dependent medical coverage shall be deducted from the purchaser's
retirement benefits received pursuant to chapter 10 of this title.