Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1314.3

Employer contributions - Preexisting conditions - Satisfaction of

deductible - Dental and life insurance plans.

(1) All otherwise eligible employees hired by the Oklahoma

Employment Security Commission after May 30, 1990, shall participate

in the state plan and shall not be entitled to the supplemental

health insurance for which provision is made in the Oklahoma

Employees Insurance and Benefits Act nor to any other Commission

benefit plan not generally available to state employees, and no

other provisions of this act shall apply to such future hirees.

(2) All otherwise eligible Commission employees not

participating in the agency plan as of May 30, 1990, shall be

enrolled in the state plan on July 1, 1990. Said nonparticipating

Commission employees shall not be entitled to the supplemental

health insurance for which provision is made in this act.

(3) All Commission employees, retirees and dependents

participating in the agency plan as of May 30, 1990, shall be

permitted to transfer to the state plan and receive the supplemental

insurance benefits for which provision is made in Section 1314.4 of

this title at such time as the supplemental insurance is available.

If not sooner transferred, all agency plan participants shall be

transferred to the state plan on January 1, 1991. Such mandatory

transfer shall occur simultaneously with any cancellation by the

insurance provider of the agency plan, occurring prior to January 1,

1991.

(4) All Commission employees, retirees and dependents enrolling

in or transferring to the state plan under the provisions of this

section shall be given the opportunity to participate in all options

under the state plan at the time of their enrollment or transfer.

(5) For active employees of the Commission, the Commission

shall pay the same monthly premium toward employee-only coverage as

that set by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority and approved by the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services and paid by the other

state agencies participating in the state health insurance program.

For retirees of the Commission who retired pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, the

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall pay the same

monthly contribution towards premiums for regular or Medicare

supplement health insurance coverage for those retirees as the

amount paid towards the premiums for the Oklahoma Public Employees

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Retirement System retirees from other agencies. For retirees of the

Commission who retired under the provisions of another retirement

plan, the Commission shall pay the same monthly contribution towards

premiums for regular or Medicare supplement health insurance

coverage for those retirees as the amount paid towards premiums by

the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System for retirees of

other state agencies.

(6) Except as provided in this subsection, employees and

retirees of the Commission, and their dependents, shall be covered

under the dental and life insurance plans provided by the Oklahoma

Health Care Authority pursuant to the same provisions and premiums

as apply to the employees and retirees of other state agencies.

Employees and retirees may elect to keep their present agency

offered life insurance, in addition to the state life insurance.

Any employee who elects to keep their agency offered life insurance

shall pay the premium for the life insurance provided pursuant to

the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act. Any Commission

retiree who elects to participate in the life insurance program

provided pursuant to the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits

Act shall pay the premium for such coverage.
te life insurance.

Any employee who elects to keep their agency offered life insurance

shall pay the premium for the life insurance provided pursuant to

the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act. Any Commission

retiree who elects to participate in the life insurance program

provided pursuant to the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits

Act shall pay the premium for such coverage.

(7) In the event that the agency offered life insurance plan is

canceled by the insurer offering it, the Commission shall contract

with the Authority for replacement coverage equal to that lost by

said cancellation. The Authority is expressly authorized and

directed to enter into such a contract. The Commission and the

participants shall pay the full actuarial costs and all reasonable

administrative costs for such coverage. Said actuarial and

administrative costs shall be divided between the Commission and the

participants in the same ratio as premiums are now divided for the

agency offered life insurance. The Authority shall maintain

separate reserves for said coverage. On January 1, 2005, the

Commission shall convert the agency offered life insurance to the

life insurance plans provided by the Authority pursuant to the same

provisions and premiums as apply to the employees and retirees of

other state agencies. The Commission may offer eligible employees

an opportunity to voluntarily relinquish their agency life insurance

upon a payment to the eligible employee, provided funds exist to do

so.