Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 85 - Administration and Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 8526 - Health insurance account

§ 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

Title 24 - EDUCATION

Chapter 85 - Administration and Miscellaneous Provisions

Extra - Chapter Notes

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 8535.1 - Payments to school entities by Commonwealth commencing with the 2019-2020 school year

Section 8536 - Independent Fiscal Office study

Section 8537 - Internal Revenue Code limitations

Section 8538 - Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission

Section 8541 - Definitions

Section 8542 - Establishment

Section 8543 - Funding

Section 8544 - Participation criteria

Section 8545 - Preference

Section 8546 - Requirements and limitations of firms

Section 8547 - Administration