9102 - Construction of part.

     § 9102.  Construction of part.        (a)  General rule.--No provision of this part shall be     construed as a cancellation of any existing health insurance     program operated by the board or referenced in section 32 of the     act of August 5, 1991 (P.L.183, No.23), entitled "An act     amending Titles 24 (Education) and 71 (State Government) of the     Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the     Public School Employees' Retirement System and the State     Employees' Retirement System; adding and amending certain     definitions; further providing for membership in the systems,     for creditable nonschool and nonstate service and the purchase     of credit, for incentives for special early retirement, for     contributions to the retirement funds, for annuities and the     rights and duties of annuitants, for health insurance premium     assistance, for board membership and for the re-amortization and     management of the retirement funds."        (b)  Nature of rights.--Any termination or other modification     of the program, including, but not limited to, a change in     premium rates, benefit options or structure or insurance     providers, shall not give rise to any contractual rights or     claims by any eligible persons or any other person claiming an     interest, either directly or indirectly, in the program. No     provision of this part nor any rule or regulation adopted     pursuant to this part shall create in any person a contractual     right in that provision.