New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 17 - TREASURY - GENERAL
Chapter 9 - STATE HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM
Subchapter 5 - CHARGES
Section 17:9-5.4 - Local employer resolution; P.L. 1974, c. 88; P.L. 1979, c. 54; P.L. 1999, c. 48
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) A local employer will satisfy the requirements of P.L. 1974, c. 88, by adopting a resolution designed to:
(b) A local employer may also adopt an additional resolution designed to apply to all eligible pensioners and their dependents who retired on or after July 1, 1964, in accordance with the provisions of P.L. 1979, c. 54. Such resolution shall meet the prescriptions of (a) above.
(c) Under the provisions of P.L. 1981, c. 436, as amended, an educational or local employer may also adopt an additional resolution designed to apply the provision of P.L. 1974, c. 88 to surviving spouses and eligible partners of qualified retirees.
(d) Under the provisions of P.L. 1981, c. 436, as amended, an educational or local employer may also adopt an additional resolution designed to apply the provision of P.L. 1974, c. 88 to those former employees who retired since the employer adopted the provisions of the SHBP but who did not continue coverage because of the cost to the member.
(e) Under the provisions of P.L. 1999, c. 48 (52:14-17.3 8), a participating local employer, excluding employers deemed to be covered by 52:14-17.2 8b or employees of school boards covered by 52:14-17.3 2f, 17.32f1 and 17.32f2 may by resolution adopt any of the age and service requirements found in 52:14-17.3 8 in determining eligibility to qualify for employer-paid post-retirement medical benefits. A participating local employer may also negotiate payment obligations with their employees for post-retirement medical benefits. The payment obligations of the participating local employer shall be the payment obligations applicable to the employee on the date the employee retires on a disability pension or the date the employee meets the retirement system service credit and employment service requirements for the employer payment of coverage as established by the resolution adopting the provisions of P.L. 1999, c. 48.