Minnesota Session Laws - 1992, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1992 

                        CHAPTER 482-H.F.No. 765 
           An act relating to certain state employees; 
          establishing eligibility for state-paid insurance 
          after retirement in certain circumstances. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [STATE-PAID HEALTH INSURANCE; CERTAIN 
EMPLOYEES.] 
    An employee of the department of education who is covered 
by a retirement plan established under Minnesota Statutes, 
chapter 354, is eligible for state-paid hospital, medical, and 
dental benefits if the employee:  
    (1) is eligible for state-paid insurance under Minnesota 
Statutes, section 43A.18, or other law; 
    (2) has at least 25 years of state service; 
    (3) upon retirement is immediately eligible for a 
retirement annuity; 
    (4) is at least 55 and not yet 65 years of age; and 
    (5) retires after May 5, 1990, and before July 1, 1991. 
    An employee who is eligible both for the health insurance 
benefit under this section and for an early retirement incentive 
under a collective bargaining agreement or plan established 
under Minnesota Statutes, section 43A.18, must choose between 
that early retirement incentive and the benefit provided under 
this section and may not have both.  For purposes of this 
section, an employee retires when the employee terminates active 
employment in state service and applies for a retirement 
annuity.  The retired employee is eligible for coverages to 
which the employee was entitled at the time of retirement, 
subject to any changes in coverage through collective bargaining 
or plans established under Minnesota Statutes, section 43A.18, 
for employees in positions equivalent to the position from which 
they retired.  The retired employee is not eligible for 
state-paid life insurance.  Eligibility ceases when the retired 
employee attains the age of 65, or when the employee chooses not 
to receive the annuity for which the employee has applied, or 
when the employee is eligible for employer-paid health insurance 
from a new employer.  Coverages must be coordinated with 
relevant health insurance benefits provided through the 
federally sponsored Medicare program. 
    An employee who retires under this section using the Rule 
of 90 must not be included in the calculations required by 
Minnesota Statutes, section 356.85. 
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment, 
and is retroactive to May 5, 1990. 
    Presented to the governor April 15, 1992 
    Signed by the governor April 17, 1992, 5:17 p.m.