§ 74-1332.1. Collection of premiums - Deposit - Monthly statement of revenues and disbursements - Annual report - Continuation of dependent health coverage of disability recipients - Deduction of premiums for disability recipients.

A.  The State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board shall collect from state agencies each month, the premium amount, as determined by the Board, for each employee of a state agency that participates in the Disability Insurance Program.  Said sum shall be deposited in the State Employees Disability Insurance Reserve Fund for use in accordance with law.

B.  The State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board shall submit a monthly statement of the revenues and disbursements of the Disability Insurance Program to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Legislative Service Bureau.  The Legislative Service Bureau shall distribute copies of such monthly statements to the fiscal staff of the House of Representatives and the State Senate.

C.  On or before March 1 of each year, the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board shall submit a report of the actuarially-determined future needs of the Disability Insurance Program.  Said report shall be submitted and distributed as provided for in subsection B of this section.

D.  The Board shall provide for the continuation of dependent health coverage to disability recipients for that period of time when the employee is qualified as disabled but not yet received disability benefit income.

E.  The Board shall deduct all dependent health coverage premiums due and owing from the first retroactive disability payment and each payment thereafter.

Added by Laws 1990, c. 204, § 5, emerg. eff. May 10, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 86, § 2, eff. July 1, 1991.