Minnesota Session Laws - 2001, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 94-S.F.No. 1404 
                  An act relating to state employment; permitting 
                  retired state employees to purchase group long-term 
                  care insurance through the same plan offered to active 
                  state employees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
                  section 43A.318, subdivision 1. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 43A.318, 
        subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
           Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a)  [SCOPE.] For the 
        purposes of this section, the terms defined have the meaning 
        given them. 
           (b)  [ADVISORY COMMITTEE; COMMITTEE.] "Advisory committee" 
        or "committee" means the committee created under subdivision 3. 
           (c)  [COMMITTEE MEMBER; MEMBER.] "Committee member" or 
        "member" means a person serving on the advisory committee 
        created under subdivision 3. 
           (d)  [ELIGIBLE PERSON.] "Eligible person" means: 
           (1) an active member of a public pension plan of the state 
        a person who is eligible for insurance and benefits under 
        section 43A.24; 
           (2) an employee or elected official of the state who is not 
        eligible for participation in a public employee pension plan of 
        the state a person who at the time of separation from employment 
        was eligible to purchase coverage at personal expense under 
        section 43A.27, subdivision 3, regardless of whether the person 
        elected to purchase this coverage; or 
           (3) a spouse or parent of a person described in clause (1) 
        or (2), regardless of the enrollment status in the program of 
        the person described in clause (1) or (2).; or 
           (4) a parent of a person described in clause (1), 
        regardless of the enrollment status in the program of the person 
        described in clause (1). 
           (e)  [PROGRAM.] "Program" means the statewide public 
        employees long-term care insurance program created under 
        subdivision 2. 
           (f)  [PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION PLAN.] "Public employee 
        pension plan" means any Minnesota public pension plan or fund 
        that provides pension or retirement coverage for state employees.
           (g)  [QUALIFIED VENDOR.] "Qualified vendor" means an entity 
        licensed or authorized to underwrite, provide, or administer 
        group long-term care insurance benefits in this state. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment 
        and applies to all persons who separated from employment prior 
        to the day following final enactment and their spouses. 
           Presented to the governor May 10, 2001 
           Signed by the governor May 14, 2001, 2:58 p.m.