8-27-702 - Retirees Contribution by committee.
8-27-702. Retirees Contribution by committee.
(a) (1) From appropriations made in the general appropriations act each year for that purpose, the committee is authorized to pay an amount on behalf of each participating retiree toward the cost of supplemental medical insurance provided pursuant to this part.
(2) Retiree, as used in this part, means any former state employee, higher education employee or teacher receiving a monthly retirement allowance from the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, or the optional retirement system established in § 8-35-401.
(b) (1) The committee shall, within the appropriations available, establish a contribution level for participating retirees with thirty (30) or more years of service. For participating retirees with twenty (20) but less than thirty (30) years of service, the committee shall make a contribution on behalf of such employees at not more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the contribution made for participating retirees with thirty (30) or more years of service. For participating retirees with fifteen (15) but less than twenty (20) years of service, the committee shall make a contribution on behalf of such retirees at not more than fifty percent (50%) of the contribution made for participating retirees with thirty (30) years of service. Retirees with less than fifteen (15) years of service may participate in such supplemental medical insurance as may be provided pursuant to this part, but the committee shall make no contribution on such retirees' behalf.
(2) Years of service, as used in this section, means only those years of service rendered by the retiree as a state employee, higher education employee or teacher and upon which the retiree's monthly retirement allowance is based.
[Acts 1988, ch. 986, § 1; 1989, ch. 181, §§ 2, 3.]