Sec. 45a-56. (Formerly Sec. 45-29y). Hospitalization and medical and surgical insurance and dental insurance plan. Eligibility. Payment of premium. Election to participate in dental insurance plan.
Sec. 45a-56. (Formerly Sec. 45-29y). Hospitalization and medical and surgical
insurance and dental insurance plan. Eligibility. Payment of premium. Election to
participate in dental insurance plan. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section
5-259, the Comptroller, with the approval of the Attorney General and the Insurance
Commissioner, shall arrange and procure a group hospitalization and medical and surgical insurance and dental insurance plan for the probate judges and employees retirement
system with coverage equal to that available under section 5-259, or otherwise available,
to retired state employees and their spouses and surviving spouses.
(b) Any member of the probate judges and employees retirement system who is
retired and receiving benefits from such system, and the spouse of any such member, and
upon the death of any such member, such member's surviving spouse, while receiving
benefits from such system, may elect to participate in the group insurance plan procured
by the Comptroller under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The premium charged for any such member and spouse or surviving spouse who
elects to participate in the group hospitalization and medical and surgical portion of
such coverage shall be paid from the retirement fund established pursuant to section
45a-35. Twenty per cent of the premium charged for any such member and spouse or
surviving spouse who elects to participate in the group dental portion of such coverage
shall be paid from said retirement fund, and the remainder of the premium for such
coverage shall be paid by the participant.
(d) Any such member and spouse or surviving spouse who is a participant in the
group insurance plan in effect prior to October 1, 1994, may elect to participate in the
plan set forth in subsection (a) of this section at the premiums set forth in subsection
(c) of this section, provided such election is made within sixty days of October 1, 1994.
(P.A. 88-155, S. 7; P.A. 94-98, S. 8; P.A. 05-288, S. 148, 149.)
History: Sec. 45-29y transferred to Sec. 45a-56 in 1991; P.A. 94-98 amended Subsec. (a) to require comptroller to
procure dental insurance plan for probate judges and employees retirement system, amended Subsec. (c) by eliminating
provision re payment of 50% of premium for group hospitalization and medical and surgical insurance and requiring
payment of 20% of premium charged for dental insurance from the retirement fund, and added Subsec. (d) re participation
in dental insurance plan, requiring election to participate within 60 days of October 1, 1994; P.A. 05-288 made technical
changes in Subsecs. (b) and (d), effective July 13, 2005.