§ 8526. Health insurance account. The health insurance account shall be the ledger account to which shall be credited the contributions from the Commonwealth and other employers as determined in accordance with section 8328(f) (relating to actuarial cost method) for the payment of health insurance premium assistance for participating eligible annuitants as provided in section 8509 (relating to health insurance premium assistance program). All earnings derived from investment of the assets of the health insurance account shall be credited to this account. The board is authorized to separately invest the amounts in the health insurance account in a prudent manner intended to maximize the safety of the capital contained in the health insurance account. The direct administrative expenses of the board related to the administration of the health insurance program, as provided in section 8509, shall be charged to this account. (Aug. 5, 1991, P.L.183, No.23, eff. imd.)
1991 Amendment. Act 23 added section 8526. Section 32 of Act 23 provided that if the health insurance program established under Act 23 is canceled by statute, any remaining funds shall revert to the Public School Employees' Retirement Fund.
Cross References. Section 8526 is referred to in sections 8522, 8902 of this title.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 85 - Administration and Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 8501 - Public School Employees' Retirement Board
Section 8502 - Administrative duties of board
Section 8502.1 - Health insurance (Deleted by amendment)
Section 8502.2 - Health insurance
Section 8503 - Duties of board to advise and report to employers, members and participants
Section 8504 - Duties of board to report to State Employees' Retirement Board
Section 8505 - Duties of board regarding applications and elections of members and participants
Section 8505.1 - Installment payments of accumulated deductions
Section 8506 - Duties of employers
Section 8507 - Rights and duties of school employees, members and participants
Section 8508 - Rights and duties of annuitants
Section 8509 - Health insurance premium assistance program
Section 8510 - Stress test of system
Section 8521 - Management of fund and accounts
Section 8522 - Public School Employees' Retirement Fund
Section 8523 - Members' savings account
Section 8524 - State accumulation account
Section 8525 - Annuity reserve account
Section 8526 - Health insurance account
Section 8527 - Northern Ireland-related investments
Section 8531 - State guarantee regarding the system
Section 8532 - State supervision
Section 8533 - Taxation, attachment and assignment of funds
Section 8533.1 - Approval of domestic relations orders
Section 8533.2 - Irrevocable beneficiary
Section 8533.3 - Irrevocable survivor annuitant
Section 8533.4 - Amendment of approved domestic relations orders
Section 8533.5 - Irrevocable successor payee
Section 8534 - Fraud and adjustment of errors
Section 8535 - Payments to school entities by Commonwealth
Section 8536 - Independent Fiscal Office study
Section 8537 - Internal Revenue Code limitations
Section 8538 - Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission
Section 8544 - Participation criteria