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12-8-210. Insurance — Medical and hospital — Definitions.

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12-8-210. Insurance — Medical and hospital — Definitions.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-8-210

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Stable record: arkansas_code:legal_authorities:12-8-210
Source file: gov.ar.code.title.12.odt
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12-8-210. Insurance — Medical and hospital — Definitions. (a)(1) The Division of Arkansas State Police shall obtain a policy or contract of medical and hospital insurance or establish a self-insurance fund in lieu thereof to provide medical and hospital insurance for all eligible employees of the division. (2) The division shall pay all or a portion of the premium, fee, or other costs for the policy or contract or payments into a self-insurance fund from funds appropriated to the division for personal service matching or which may be specifically appropriated for that purpose. (b) The division may provide hospitalization and medical services coverage under a group health insurance program or may in lieu thereof provide coverage for hospitalization and medical insurance services under a self-insurance program established by the division for the spouses and dependents of eligible employees of the division and pay all or a portion of the premium thereon or payments into the self-insurance fund from funds appropriated for that purpose. (c) In the event that the division, acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Arkansas State Police Commission, exercises the option to establish a self-insurance program, this program shall provide hospitalization and medical services coverage for eligible employees of the division and for the spouses and dependents of eligible employees of the division as authorized in this section and shall be operated in accordance with policies, rules, procedures, and benefits prescribed by the commission. (d) Members of the division who retire and receive retirement benefits under the State Police Retirement System after July 1, 1985, shall be eligible to participate in the group health self-insurance program established by the commission for eligible retirees and for their spouses and dependents in the same manner and under the same conditions as provided in §§ 21-5-410 and 21-5-411, which authorize retired state employees receiving retirement benefits under the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System to participate in the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program. (e) As used in this section: (1) “Eligible employee” means an individual who is: (A) A full-time employee of the division as defined in the plan document for the Arkansas State Police Employee Health Plan; and (B) Qualified to enroll in the health benefit plan offered by the division; and (2) “Eligible retiree” means an employee who: (A) Retires under the division's formal retirement plan; (B) Is eligible to continue to participate in the retirement plan upon retirement as defined in the plan document for the Arkansas State Police Employee Health Plan; and (C) Is qualified to enroll in the health benefit plan offered by the division.

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21-5-410. Eligibility generally — Definition.

21-5-410. Eligibility generally — Definition. (a) Individuals eligible to participate in the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program include: (1) All active state employees, active public school employees, or other eligible employees of a participating entity or participating institution; (2) Members of the General Assembly; (3) Elected constitutional officers; (4) Appointed or elected board and commission members who are on a full-time salaried basis; and (5)(A) Those state contract employees hired by the Arkansas National Guard on a full-time basis in accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 2304. (B) Program participation for contract employees of the Arkansas National Guard is conditioned upon the United States Government’s contributing the employer's share to the Employee Benefits Division. (b) Program participation for a state employee is conditioned upon the state employee's being in a budgeted state employee position or a position authorized by the General Assembly. (c) A state employee is one whose actual performance of duty requires one thousand (1,000) or more working hours per year. (d) If a participating institution discontinues its participation in the program, then the participating institution shall not re-participate in the program for two (2) years after the institution's final date of participation in the program unless the Director of the Employee Benefits Division gives his or her consent to an earlier date. (e) Participants are not allowed simultaneous participation in benefits provided by the state employee insurance plan or the public school employee insurance plan. (f) The Arkansas State Police Health Benefit Plan is exempt from any mandatory participation required by this section. (g)(1) The following persons are

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-5-410

Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 21-5-410. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.

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21-5-411. Eligibility of certain retired employees — Definition.

21-5-411. Eligibility of certain retired employees — Definition. (a)(1) If qualified, state employee retirees and public school employee retirees may continue coverage and participate in the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program if the state employee retirees or public school employee retirees are: (A) Participating members of: (i) The Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System, including the members of the legislative division and the contract personnel of the Arkansas National Guard; (ii) The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System; (iii) The Arkansas State Highway Employees' Retirement System; (iv) The Arkansas Judicial Retirement System; or (v) An alternate retirement plan of a qualifying institution under § 24-7-801; and (B) Retired and drawing benefits under one (1) or more of the retirement systems listed under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section. (2)(A)(i) If a state employee retiree or a public school employee retiree who is a member of a retirement system listed under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section receives retirement benefits, thereby becoming an active retiree, the active retiree may elect to enroll in the program. (ii) The election to enroll in the program shall be made within thirty (30) days of the state employee retiree's or public school employee retiree's becoming an active retiree and shall be made in writing to the Employee Benefits Division on forms required by the division. (B)(i) To be eligible to continue coverage or to qualify for coverage after electing to decline participation in the program, the retiree must have been covered on the last day of the retiree's employment. (ii) If a retiree declines to participate in the program at the time of retirement because the retiree is already covered und

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-5-411

Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 21-5-411. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.