Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-14-108.1
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Employee health insurance plans
Official statutory text
A. The board of education of each technology center school
district in this state shall provide a health insurance plan for the
employees of the technology center school district. Technology
center school districts may obtain health and dental insurance
coverage as provided for in the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and
Benefits Act or may obtain other health insurance coverage. Any
technology center district that does not participate in the health
and dental insurance plans offered through the Oklahoma Employees
Insurance and Benefits Act shall obtain health insurance coverage
for the employees which provides open enrollment, and provide for
the continuation of health insurance coverage, including
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supplemental Medicare insurance coverage, for those district
employees who retire from said district after September 30, 1991,
with a vested benefit in the Teachers' Retirement System of
Oklahoma. A retired person who begins receiving benefits from the
Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma after September 30, 1991,
who retires from a technology center school district that provides
other health insurance coverage, and who elects to continue said
health insurance coverage shall pay to the technology center school
district the premium rate for the health insurance minus an amount
equal to the premium rate of the Medicare supplement or the amount
determined pursuant to subsection (4) of Section 1316.3 of Title 74
of the Oklahoma Statutes, whichever is less, which shall be paid by
the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma to the technology center
school district. The technology center school district shall remit
to the health insurance coverage provider the total premium due less
any uncollected amounts payable from retired technology center
school district employees or their qualified survivors.
B. A technology center school district that participates in
health insurance coverage other than the health insurance plan
offered by the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act shall
not be required to pay any portion of the premium for the employees
or the dependents of the employees of said school district. Unless
a school district negotiates an agreement with its employees
regarding health insurance pursuant to Sections 509.1 through 509.9
of this title, and to the extent that the agreement provides for the
members of the recognized bargaining unit, a technology center
school district that participates in health insurance coverage other
than the health insurance plan offered by the Oklahoma Employees
Insurance and Benefits Act is prohibited from acquiring additional
or supplemental health or dental insurance for any board member,
superintendent or any other employee which is not available to all
employees of said district, and said technology center school
district shall not pay a greater portion of the employee or
dependent premium for any health or dental insurance plan or plans
provided by said technology center school district on behalf of any
board member, superintendent or employee than that portion paid on
behalf of all participating employees of said district.
C. If a technology center school district obtains health
insurance coverage from a source other than through the Oklahoma
Employees Insurance and Benefits Act, the employees of the
technology center school district who would be eligible to
participate in the health and dental plans may require the board of
education of the technology center school district to call an
election to allow said employees to vote as to whether the
technology center school district shall participate in the health
and dental insurance plans offered through the Oklahoma Employees
Insurance and Benefits Act. Upon the filing with the board of
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education of a petition calling for such an election which is signed
chool district to call an
election to allow said employees to vote as to whether the
technology center school district shall participate in the health
and dental insurance plans offered through the Oklahoma Employees
Insurance and Benefits Act. Upon the filing with the board of
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education of a petition calling for such an election which is signed
by no less than thirty percent (30%) of the eligible employees of
the technology center school district, the board of education shall
call an election for the purpose of determining whether the
technology center school district shall participate in the health
and dental insurance plans offered through the Oklahoma Employees
Insurance and Benefits Act. The election shall be held within
thirty (30) days of the filing of the petition. If a majority of
those eligible employees voting at the election vote to participate
in the health and dental insurance plans offered through the
Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act, the board of
education of the technology center school district shall apply for
such participation within thirty (30) days of the election.
D. If a technology center school district does not have any
health insurance coverage of the type required by this section, that
technology center school district shall immediately be enrolled in
the health and dental insurance plans offered through the Oklahoma
Employees Insurance and Benefits Act.
E. A carrier providing health insurance coverage for employees
of a technology center school district health insurance group which
replaces a previous carrier for such technology center school
district employees shall provide coverage for each retired employee
who is receiving a benefit or terminates employment with a vested
benefit from the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma and who is
enrolled in the health insurance group by the previous carrier at
the time the previous carrier providing health insurance coverage is
replaced. Notwithstanding any provision in this section to the
contrary, any person who retires pursuant to the provisions of the
Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma prior to May 1, 1993, or
terminates service with a vested benefit, pursuant to the provisions
of the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma prior to May 1, 1993,
may continue to participate in the health and dental plans
authorized by the provisions of the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and
Benefits Act.
F. In the event a technology center school district ceases to
exist, the assets and duties of said technology center school
district are transferred to one or more other technology center
school districts, said other technology center school district or
districts do not agree to employ all of the former employees of the
technology center school district that is ceasing to exist, and said
former employees who are not being reemployed have rights under
federal or state law to continue group insurance coverage, the
annexing technology center school district having the largest
general fund revenue for the most recent preceding fiscal year for
which data is available shall provide group insurance coverage to
said former employees not being retained during the period as
required by law.
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district in this state shall provide a health insurance plan for the
employees of the technology center school district. Technology
center school districts may obtain health and dental insurance
coverage as provided for in the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and
Benefits Act or may obtain other health insurance coverage. Any
technology center district that does not participate in the health
and dental insurance plans offered through the Oklahoma Employees
Insurance and Benefits Act shall obtain health insurance coverage
for the employees which provides open enrollment, and provide for
the continuation of health insurance coverage, including
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 648
supplemental Medicare insurance coverage, for those district
employees who retire from said district after September 30, 1991,
with a vested benefit in the Teachers' Retirement System of
Oklahoma. A retired person who begins receiving benefits from the
Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma after September 30, 1991,
who retires from a technology center school district that provides
other health insurance coverage, and who elects to continue said
health insurance coverage shall pay to the technology center school
district the premium rate for the health insurance minus an amount
equal to the premium rate of the Medicare supplement or the amount
determined pursuant to subsection (4) of Section 1316.3 of Title 74
of the Oklahoma Statutes, whichever is less, which shall be paid by
the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma to the technology center
school district. The technology center school district shall remit
to the health insurance coverage provider the total premium due less
any uncollected amounts payable from retired technology center
school district employees or their qualified survivors.
B. A technology center school district that participates in
health insurance coverage other than the health insurance plan
offered by the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act shall
not be required to pay any portion of the premium for the employees
or the dependents of the employees of said school district. Unless
a school district negotiates an agreement with its employees
regarding health insurance pursuant to Sections 509.1 through 509.9
of this title, and to the extent that the agreement provides for the
members of the recognized bargaining unit, a technology center
school district that participates in health insurance coverage other
than the health insurance plan offered by the Oklahoma Employees
Insurance and Benefits Act is prohibited from acquiring additional
or supplemental health or dental insurance for any board member,
superintendent or any other employee which is not available to all
employees of said district, and said technology center school
district shall not pay a greater portion of the employee or
dependent premium for any health or dental insurance plan or plans
provided by said technology center school district on behalf of any
board member, superintendent or employee than that portion paid on
behalf of all participating employees of said district.
C. If a technology center school district obtains health
insurance coverage from a source other than through the Oklahoma
Employees Insurance and Benefits Act, the employees of the
technology center school district who would be eligible to
participate in the health and dental plans may require the board of
education of the technology center school district to call an
election to allow said employees to vote as to whether the
technology center school district shall participate in the health
and dental insurance plans offered through the Oklahoma Employees
Insurance and Benefits Act. Upon the filing with the board of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 649
education of a petition calling for such an election which is signed
chool district to call an
election to allow said employees to vote as to whether the
technology center school district shall participate in the health
and dental insurance plans offered through the Oklahoma Employees
Insurance and Benefits Act. Upon the filing with the board of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 649
education of a petition calling for such an election which is signed
by no less than thirty percent (30%) of the eligible employees of
the technology center school district, the board of education shall
call an election for the purpose of determining whether the
technology center school district shall participate in the health
and dental insurance plans offered through the Oklahoma Employees
Insurance and Benefits Act. The election shall be held within
thirty (30) days of the filing of the petition. If a majority of
those eligible employees voting at the election vote to participate
in the health and dental insurance plans offered through the
Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act, the board of
education of the technology center school district shall apply for
such participation within thirty (30) days of the election.
D. If a technology center school district does not have any
health insurance coverage of the type required by this section, that
technology center school district shall immediately be enrolled in
the health and dental insurance plans offered through the Oklahoma
Employees Insurance and Benefits Act.
E. A carrier providing health insurance coverage for employees
of a technology center school district health insurance group which
replaces a previous carrier for such technology center school
district employees shall provide coverage for each retired employee
who is receiving a benefit or terminates employment with a vested
benefit from the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma and who is
enrolled in the health insurance group by the previous carrier at
the time the previous carrier providing health insurance coverage is
replaced. Notwithstanding any provision in this section to the
contrary, any person who retires pursuant to the provisions of the
Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma prior to May 1, 1993, or
terminates service with a vested benefit, pursuant to the provisions
of the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma prior to May 1, 1993,
may continue to participate in the health and dental plans
authorized by the provisions of the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and
Benefits Act.
F. In the event a technology center school district ceases to
exist, the assets and duties of said technology center school
district are transferred to one or more other technology center
school districts, said other technology center school district or
districts do not agree to employ all of the former employees of the
technology center school district that is ceasing to exist, and said
former employees who are not being reemployed have rights under
federal or state law to continue group insurance coverage, the
annexing technology center school district having the largest
general fund revenue for the most recent preceding fiscal year for
which data is available shall provide group insurance coverage to
said former employees not being retained during the period as
required by law.
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