72-8414. Group insurance, health care services, disability income benefits; indemnification against death; provision for employees and dependents authorized; payroll deductions.
72-8414
72-8414. Group insurance, health care services, disability incomebenefits; indemnification against death;provision for employees and dependents authorized; payroll deductions.The board of education of any school district or the board of trusteesof any community college may procure contracts insuring itscertificated employees and other employees or any class or classesthereof under a policy or policies of group life, group health,disability income, accident, accidental death and dismemberment, andhospital, surgical, and medical expense insurance or may procurecontracts with health maintenance organizations or may act as a self-insurerto provide health careservices and disability income benefitsfor such employees. The dependents of any such certificatedemployee or other employee may be insured under group policies whichprovide hospital, surgical, and medical expense insurance or undercontracts entered into with health maintenance organizations to providehealth care services or may have health care services anddisability income benefitsprovided for by any school district or community college that actsas a self-insurer under this section.In addition to the foregoing authorizations, the board of education of anyschool district may act as a self-insurer to provide benefits indemnifyingagainst death for such employees and their dependents.The contributions of employees tothe premiums for insurance issued to the employer,or any group of employers, as the policyholder, or for the provision ofhealth care services and disability income benefits may be deducted by theemployer from the employees' salaries when authorized to do so in writingby the respective employees.
History: L. 1969, ch. 359, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 299, § 1; L.1976, ch. 323, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 226, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 243, § 1;L. 1990, ch. 263, § 1; July 1.