CAUTION: READ FULL TEXT OF SECTION FOR SPECIAL NOTE
(a) The Secretary shall:
(1) adopt regulations for the administration of the Program;
(2) ensure that the Program complies with all federal and State laws
governing employee benefit plans; and
(3) each year, recommend to the Governor the State share of the costs of
the Program.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Secretary may arrange as the
Secretary considers appropriate any benefit option for inclusion in the
Program.
(c) The Secretary shall specify by regulation the types or categories of
State employees who:
(1) are eligible to enroll and participate in the Program with State
subsidies;
(2) are eligible to enroll and participate in the Program without State
subsidies; and
(3) are not eligible to enroll or participate in the Program.
(d) (1) The regulations adopted by the Secretary shall include provisions for
the enrollment and participation of employees of all:
(i) organizations and entities that were participating in the Program as
satellite organizations on January 1, 1993; and
(ii) employee organizations that qualify for payroll deductions under the
provisions of § 2-403 of this title.
(2) Employees of organizations and entities covered by this section may
participate:
(i) without State subsidies; and
(ii) with payment by the organization or entity of administrative costs
resulting from the participation of its employees in the Program.
(3) The regulations adopted by the Secretary under this subsection shall
provide that an employee organization specified in paragraph (1)(ii) of
this subsection:
(i) may not enroll or participate in the Program unless the organization
has notified the Secretary, in writing, on or before July 1, 1994 of
the organization's intent to enroll and participate in the Program
during calendar year 1994; and
(ii) may not enroll or participate in the Program on or after January 1,
1995 unless the organization has participated in the Program during
calendar year 1994.
// SPECIAL NOTE: THE ABOVE SECTION WAS CHANGED BY CHAPTER 444
OF 2005 AND WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL JUNE 30, 2007 //
(a) The Secretary shall:
(1) adopt regulations for the administration of the Program;
(2) ensure that the Program complies with all federal and State laws
governing employee benefit plans; and
(3) each year, recommend to the Governor the State share of the costs of
the Program.
(b) The Secretary may arrange as the Secretary considers appropriate any
benefit option for inclusion in the Program.
(c) The Secretary shall specify by regulation the types or categories of
State employees who:
(1) are eligible to enroll and participate in the Program with State
subsidies;
(2) are eligible to enroll and participate in the Program without State
subsidies; and
(3) are not eligible to enroll or participate in the Program.
(d) (1) The regulations adopted by the Secretary shall include provisions for
the enrollment and participation of employees of all:
(i) organizations and entities that were participating in the Program as
satellite organizations on January 1, 1993; and
(ii) employee organizations that qualify for payroll deductions under the
provisions of § 2-403 of this title.
(2) Employees of organizations and entities covered by this section may
participate:
(i) without State subsidies; and
(ii) with payment by the organization or entity of administrative costs
resulting from the participation of its employees in the Program.
(3) The regulations adopted by the Secretary under this subsection shall
provide that an employee organization specified in paragraph (1)(ii) of
this subsection:
(i) may not enroll or participate in the Program unless the organization
has notified the Secretary, in writing, on or before July 1, 1994 of
the organization's intent to enroll and participate in the Program
during calendar year 1994; and
(ii) may not enroll or participate in the Program on or after January 1,
1995 unless the organization has participated in the Program during
calendar year 1994.
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