LAWRENCE J. HOGAN, JR., Governor Ch. 360
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Chapter 360
(Senate Bill 801)
AN ACT concerning
State Health Plan – Chesapeake Bay Commission – Retirees
FOR the purpose of including employment with the Chesapeake Bay Commission as
eligible for participation as a retiree in the State Employee and Retiree Health and
Welfare Benefits Program; authorizing the State to charge the Commission for the
participation in the Program by active employees; providing the subsidy for
employees and retirees of the Commission shall be the same subsidy provided for
active and retired State employees; prohibiting the State from charging the
Commission for certain costs for retired participants in the Program; and generally
relating to participation in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare
Benefits Program.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article – State Personnel and Pensions
Section 2–511
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2015 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND,
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article – State Personnel and Pensions
2–511.
(a) This section applies to employees of:
(1) the Maryland Environmental Service;
(2) the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority;
(3) the Baltimore Metropolitan Council;
(4) the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund; [and]
(5) the City of Hyattsville; AND
(6) THE CHESAPEAKE BAY COMMISSION.
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(b) Subject to the regulations adopted under § 2–503 of this subtitle, an employee
or, while receiving an allowance under the Employees’ Retirement System of the State of
Maryland or the Employees’ Pension System of the State of Maryland, an employee’s
surviving spouse:
(1) may enroll and participate in the health insurance or other benefit
options established under the Program; and
(2) except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, is subject to the same
terms and conditions as those provided under § 2–507 of this subtitle.
(c) While receiving an allowance under the Employees’ Retirement System of the
State of Maryland or the Employees’ Pension System of the State of Maryland, a former
employee or a former employee’s surviving spouse or dependent child:
(1) may enroll and participate in the health insurance benefit options
established under the Program; and
(2) except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, is subject to the same
terms and conditions as those provided under § 2–508 of this subtitle, with the employee’s
service with the Maryland Environmental Service, Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal
Authority, the Baltimore Metropolitan Council, the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund,
[and] the City of Hyattsville, AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY COMMISSION being included
as part of the employee’s State service.
(d) (1) (i) The State may charge the Maryland Environmental Service, the
Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority, the Baltimore Metropolitan Council, THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY COMMISSION, and the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund, or any
successor agency, the respective participant’s total cost resulting from participation in the
Program under this section.
(ii) The respective employer share of the cost of the Program under
this paragraph shall be based on the State subsidy allowed under this subtitle.
(2) (i) The State may charge the City of Hyattsville the participant’s
total cost resulting from participation in the Program under this section.
(ii) The City of Hyattsville shall determine the extent to which the
City will subsidize participation in the Program.
(3) (I) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS
PARAGRAPH , THE STATE MAY CHARGE THE CHESAPEAKE BAY COMMISSION THE
RESPECTIVE PARTICIPA NT’S TOTAL COST RESULTI NG FROM PARTICIPATIO N IN THE
PROGRAM UNDER THIS SE CTION.
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(II) THE RESPECTIVE EMPLOY ER SHARE OF THE COST OF THE
PROGRAM UNDER THIS PA RAGRAPH SHALL BE BAS ED ON THE STATE SUBSIDY
ALLOWED UNDER THIS S UBTITLE.
(III) THE STATE MAY NOT CHARGE THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
COMMISSION FOR ANY CO STS RESULTING FROM T HE PARTICIPATION OF A RETIREE
OR THE RETIREE ’S SURVIVING SPOUSE O R DEPENDENT CHILD IN THE PROGRAM
UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHE R ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July
1, 2022.
Approved by the Governor, May 16, 2022.