(a) Employers whose applications for coverage for their employees under a partnership plan, pursuant to section 3-123ccc, have been accepted may seek such coverage for their retirees in accordance with this section. Premium payments for such coverage shall be remitted by the employer to the Comptroller in accordance with section 3-123eee.
(b) (1) If an employer seeks coverage for all of such employer's retirees in accordance with this section and all of such employer's employees in accordance with section 3-123ccc, the Comptroller shall accept such application upon the terms and conditions applicable to the partnership plan, for the next open enrollment. The Comptroller shall provide written notification to such employer of such acceptance and the date on which such coverage shall begin, pending acceptance by such employer of the terms and conditions of such plan.
(2) Except as specified in subdivision (5) of this subsection, if a nonstate public employer or a nonprofit employer seeks coverage for less than all of its respective retirees, regardless of whether the employer is seeking coverage for all of such employer's active employees, the Comptroller shall forward such application to a health care actuary not later than five business days after receiving such application. Not later than sixty days after receiving such application, such actuary shall notify the Comptroller whether, as a result of the retirees included in such application or other factors, the application will shift a significant part of such employer's retirees' medical risks to the partnership plan. Such actuary shall provide, in writing, to the Comptroller the specific reasons for such actuary's finding, including a summary of all information relied upon in making such a finding.
(3) If the Comptroller determines that, based on such finding, the application will shift a significant part of such employer's retirees' medical risks to the partnership plan, the Comptroller shall not provide coverage to such employer and shall provide written notification and the specific reasons for such denial to such employer and the Health Care Cost Containment Committee.
(4) If the Comptroller determines that, based on such finding, the application will not shift a significant part of such employer's retirees' medical risks to the partnership plan, the Comptroller shall accept such application for the next open enrollment. The Comptroller shall provide written notification to such employer of such acceptance and the date on which such coverage shall begin, pending acceptance by such employer of the terms and conditions of such plan.
(5) If an employer included less than all of its retirees in its application for coverage because of (A) the decision by individual retirees to decline health benefits or health insurance coverage from their employer for themselves or their dependents, or (B) the retiree's enrollment in Medicare, the Comptroller shall not forward such employer's application to a health care actuary.
(c) The Comptroller shall consult with a health care actuary who shall develop actuarial standards to be used to assess the shift in medical risks of an employer's retirees to a partnership plan. The Comptroller shall present such standards to the Health Care Cost Containment Committee for its review, evaluation and approval prior to the use of such standards.
(d) Nothing in sections 3-123aaa to 3-123hhh, inclusive, 19a-654, 19a-725, 19a-755a, 38a-513f or 38a-513g shall diminish any right to retiree health insurance pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or any other provision of the general statutes.
(P.A. 11-58, S. 4; P.A. 13-247, S. 147; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 120.)
History: P.A. 11-58 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (d) by deleting references to Secs. 19a-724 and 19a-724a and inserting reference to Sec. 38a-1091, effective June 19, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “38a-1091” with “19a-755a”, effective October 31, 2017.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 3 - State Elective Officers
Section 3-111. - Salary and bond. Office of Comptroller full time.
Section 3-112. - Powers and duties.
Section 3-112a. - Substitution of securities for retainages on state contracts and subcontracts.
Section 3-113. - Deputy Comptroller.
Section 3-113a. - Assistant comptrollers.
Section 3-114. - Accounting for receipts.
Section 3-114a. - Recording of revenue received after end of fiscal year.
Section 3-114c. - Recording of cigarette tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.
Section 3-114d. - Recording of alcoholic beverage tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.
Section 3-114h. - Recording of income tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.
Section 3-114i. - Recording of hospital taxes received each year by letter postmarked in July.
Section 3-114j. - Recording of payments from Indian tribes received each year in July.
Section 3-114k. - Recording of revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995.
Section 3-114l. - Recording of payments from the Energy Conservation and Load Management Funds.
Section 3-114m. - Recording of real estate conveyance tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.
Section 3-114p. - Recording of hospitals tax revenue received at end of fiscal year.
Section 3-114r. - Recording of revenue from resident day user fee in intermediate care facility.
Section 3-115a. - Providing for budgetary and financial reporting needs of the executive branch.
Section 3-115b. - Generally accepted accounting principles.
Section 3-115c. - Report to the Governor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995.
Section 3-115d. - CORE-CT policy board.
Section 3-115e. - CORE-CT biennial reports.
Section 3-117a. - Management of state employee unemployment compensation claims.
Section 3-119a. - Retirement data base system; time and attendance system.
Section 3-119b. - Election to decline compensation or benefit by state official.
Section 3-120. - Wages of persons employed about State Capitol and grounds.
Section 3-121. - Comptroller's Service Fund.
Section 3-121a. - GAAP salary reserve account.
Section 3-122. - Relief payments under bylaws of Police Association of Connecticut.
Section 3-123a. - Preretirement counseling of state and municipal employees.
Section 3-123b. - Payroll deductions for retired and pensioned employees.
Section 3-123c. - Annual appropriation for Loyalty Day parades.
Section 3-123d. - Unrestricted use grants-in-aid to towns.
Section 3-123j. - Plan re participation of nonstate public employees in Health Enhancement program.
Section 3-123k. - Funding for fringe benefit cost re community college employees.
Section 3-123bb. - Powers of Comptroller re Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund.
Section 3-123cc. - Investment of amounts on deposit in Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund.
Section 3-123dd. - Additional powers of Comptroller re Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund.
Section 3-123ff. - Pledge of state re Connecticut Home Care Trust Fund rights and obligations.
Section 3-123aaa. - Definitions.
Section 3-123bbb. - Enrollment procedures and requirements. Comptroller duties.
Section 3-123ccc. - Applications. Regulations.
Section 3-123ddd. - Coverage for retirees.
Section 3-123eee. - Partnership plan premium account. Nonpayment of premium or premium equivalent.
Section 3-123ggg. - Regulations.
Section 3-123rrr. - Definitions.
Section 3-123sss. - Enrollment procedures and requirements.
Section 3-123ttt. - Coverage for retirees.
Section 3-123uuu. - State employee plan premium payment. Nonpayment of premium.
Section 3-123vvv. - State Employees' Bargaining Agent Coalition consent.
Section 3-123www. - Enrollment in partnership plan prohibited.
Section 3-123xxx. - Annual report by nonstate public employers.
Section 3-123yyy. - Annual report re plans developed by Comptroller.