§ 36-12-2.2 - Disabled retired employees – Hospital care and surgical-medical service benefits.
SECTION 36-12-2.2
§ 36-12-2.2 Disabled retired employees– Hospital care and surgical-medical service benefits. – Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, an employee ofthe state of Rhode Island who retires under the provisions of title 36 of theRhode Island general laws with a disability pension benefit shall receive onlythe following state-sponsored health care and subsidies.
(a) Disabled retired employees who retire on or beforeSeptember 30, 2008, and who are at least sixty (60) years of age as ofSeptember 30, 2008.
(1) Any disabled retired employee of the state of RhodeIsland who retires on or before September 30, 2008, and is at least sixty (60)years of age as of September 30, 2008, will be eligible until age sixty-five(65) to continue to purchase hospital care and surgical-medical servicebenefits as set forth in § 36-12-2 and as are received by classifiedemployees. Furthermore, if he/she retired subsequent to July 1, 1989, he/sheshall receive for himself or herself a subsidy on the individual medical planin accordance with the following formula until attaining age sixty-five (65):
SEE THE BOOK FOR THE PROPER TABLE.
(2) Any disabled retired employee of the state of RhodeIsland who retires on or before September 30, 2008, and is at least sixty-five(65) years of age as of September 30, 2008, will be eligible to continue topurchase hospital care and surgical-medical service benefits as set forth in§ 36-12-2 and as are received by classified employees. Furthermore, ifhe/she retired subsequent to July 1, 1989, he/she shall receive for himself orherself a subsidy on his or her individual medical plan in accordance with thefollowing formula applied to the cost of the Medicare supplemental plan:
SEE THE BOOK FOR THE PROPER TABLE.
(3) Payment for the coverage shall be at the same group rateused by the state in making payment for state employees.
(b) Disabled retired employees who retire after September 30,2008, or are under sixty (60) years of age on September 30, 2008. Any disabledretired employee of the state of Rhode Island who retires after September 30,2008, or any disabled retired employee of the state of Rhode Island who isunder sixty (60) years of age on September 30, 2008, will be eligible toreceive state-sponsored medical coverage and subsidies as follows:
(1) If the retiree is under fifty-nine (59) years of age, theretiree shall have the right to purchase hospital care and surgical-medicalservice benefits as set forth in § 36-12-2 and as are received byclassified employees. Payment for the coverage shall be at the same group rateused by the state in making payment for state employees.
Furthermore, if the retiree is under fifty-nine (59) years ofage, and retired after July 1, 1989, and before September 30, 2008, and theretiree had a minimum of twenty-eight (28) years of total service, he/she shallreceive for himself or herself a ninety percent (90%) subsidy on the individualmedical plan until attaining age fifty-nine (59).
(2) At age fifty-nine (59) the retiree and his/her dependentsshall be eligible only for enrollment in the medical plans available tonon-disabled state employee retirees. If the retiree has a minimum of ten (10)years of contributory service, and up to twenty (20) years of total service,the retiree will be eligible for a fifty percent (50%) state subsidy on thecost of the individual retiree medical plan. If the retiree has a minimum often (10) years of contributory service, and twenty (20) years or more of totalservice, the retiree will be eligible for an eighty percent (80%) state subsidyon the cost of the individual retiree medical plan. The retiree is responsiblefor full payment for any additional dependent plans.
(c) Disabled retired employees who retire after September 30,2008, or are under sixty-five (65) years of age on September 30, 2008. Anydisabled retired employee of the state of Rhode Island who retires afterSeptember 30, 2008, or any disabled retired employee of the state of RhodeIsland who is under sixty-five (65) years of age on September 30, 2008, will beeligible to receive only the following state-sponsored medical coverage andsubsidies upon attaining age sixty-five (65):
(1) If the retiree is eligible for Medicare at age sixty-five(65), the retiree and spouse shall enroll in a state-sponsored Medicaresupplemental plan.
(2) If a retiree is not eligible for Medicare at agesixty-five (65), the retiree may remain in the same medical plan that theretiree was enrolled in prior to attaining age sixty-five (65).
(3) If the retiree has a minimum of ten (10) years ofcontributory service, and up to twenty (20) years of total service, the retireewill receive a fifty percent (50%) state subsidy based on the cost of theindividual Medicare supplemental plan. If the retiree has a minimum of ten (10)years of contributory service and twenty (20) years or more of total service,the retiree will be eligible for an eighty percent (80%) state subsidy based onthe cost of the individual Medicare supplemental plan. The retiree isresponsible for full payment for any additional dependent plans.
(d) Payments for retiree and dependent medical coverage shallbe deducted from the purchaser's retirement benefits received pursuant tochapter 10 of this title.