Section 5-10-8-6.7 - Election of state employee health care program by school corporation(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.Amended by P.L. 6-2012, SEC. 26, eff. 2/22/2012.Amended by P.L. 91-2011, SEC. 2, eff. 7/1/2011.As added by P.L. 182-2009 (ss), SEC.67. Amended by P.L. 182-2009 (ss), SEC.515; P.L. 109-2010, SEC.1.