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AL Code § 16-25-153 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 9 - Deferred Retirement Option Plan for Education Employees.|Section 16-25-153 - Incentives for Participation in Plan.

Section 16-25-153Incentives for participation in plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this article or any other laws to the contrary, no employer whose employees are covered under the Teachers' Retirement System shall offer any incentives of value including, but not limited to, monetary payments, prepayment of health insurance, or extraordinary payments for accrued leave, contingent on the member applying for or electing to participate in DROP. This provision shall not apply to regular payments for leave or contributions toward health insurance, but shall serve to prevent any extraordinary benefits or incentives offered during a limited time period solely for the purpose of enticing employees to elect to participate in DROP. (Act 2002-23, p. 31, §3.)
AL Code § 16-25-154 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 9 - Deferred Retirement Option Plan for Education Employees.|Section 16-25-154 - Restoration to Active Service.

Section 16-25-154Restoration to active service. Any member of the Teachers' Retirement System who has participated in DROP and withdraws from service under Section 16-25-151 is not eligible to be restored to active service pursuant to subsection (i) of Section 16-25-14 or subsection (f) of Section 36-27-12. Rather, the employee shall be restored to active service pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (c) and subdivision (3) of subsection (d) of Section 16-25-151. (Act 2002-23, p. 31, §5.)
AL Code § 16-25-190 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 11 - Cost-of-Living Increase Where Effective Date of Retirement Prior to October 1, 2004.|Section 16-25-190 - Increase in Benefits to Members and Beneficiaries.

Section 16-25-190Increase in benefits to members and beneficiaries. (a) Commencing October 1, 2005, there is provided an increase in benefits to each person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 2004, for purposes of receiving benefits, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees currently receiving survivor benefits, if the effective date of retirement or death for the deceased retiree or deceased member was prior to October 1, 2004, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers' Retirement System, a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of four percent of the current gross benefit, but not less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month. (b) Any future survivor allowance shall be adjusted as provided in the members' original option selection for those eligible retirees who have selected a monthly survivor allowance payable to a designated beneficiary upon the death of the retiree, or otherwise provided by law in the case of a qualifying member who dies prior to May 16, 2005. (c) Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for the benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article shall not be entitled to receive the increase. Any person who shall subsequently apply for benefits under the Medicaid program and who would have his or her eligibility to receive benefits impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article, shall not be entitled to receive the increase after the date that the member files application for benefits under the Medicaid program. (d) The Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System shall determine annually the amount required to pay the cost of the increased allowance provided under this article, and shall notify the chief financial officer of each employer of the per centum rates of earnable compensation of the members required to be paid to the retirement system. Each employer of members of the Teachers' Retirement System shall pay on account of the increases provided in this article in the same manner and from the same sources of funds as provided in Section 16-25-21, it being the intent of the Legislature that the cost of providing the increase in this article shall be distributed from all funds in proportion to the salaries paid therefrom for active members. (Act 2005-174, p. 351, §2.)
AL Code § 16-25-200 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25 - Teachers' Retirement System.|Article 12 - Cost-of-Lving Adjustment Where Effective Date of Retirement Prior to October 1, 2006.|Section 16-25-200 - Increase in Benefits to Members and Beneficiaries.

Section 16-25-200Increase in benefits to members and beneficiaries. (a) Commencing October 1, 2006, there is provided a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in the amount of seven percent of the current gross benefit, but not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month to each person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 2005, for purposes of receiving benefits, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees currently receiving survivor benefits, if the effective date of retirement or death for the deceased retiree or deceased member was prior to October 1, 2005, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers' Retirement System. (b) Any future survivor allowance shall be adjusted as provided in the members' original option selection for those eligible retirees who have selected a monthly survivor allowance payable to a designated beneficiary upon the death of the retiree, or otherwise provided by law in the case of a qualifying member who dies prior to April 5, 2006. (c) Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for the benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this section shall not be entitled to receive the increase. Any person who shall subsequently apply for benefits under the Medicaid program and who would have his or her eligibility to receive benefits impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this section, shall not be entitled to receive the increase after the date that the member files application for benefits under the Medicaid program. (d) The Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System shall determine annually the amount required to pay the cost of the increased allowance provided under this section, and shall notify the chief financial officer of each employer of the per centum rates of earnable compensation of the members required to be paid to the retirement system. Each employer of members of the Teachers' Retirement System shall pay on account of the increases provided in this section in the same manner and from the same sources of funds as provided in Section 16-25-21, it being the intent of the Legislature that the cost of providing the increase in this section shall be distributed from all funds in proportion to the salaries paid therefrom for active members. (Act 2006-310, p. 653, §2.)
AL Code § 16-25A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25A - Public Education Employees' Health Insurance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25A-2 - Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board; Membership, Compensation, Oath of Office, Officers, Staff, Etc.

Section 16-25A-2Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board; membership, compensation, oath of office, officers, staff, etc. (a) The Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board shall consist of the members of the Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama; (b) Board members shall serve without compensation for their services as board members, but shall be reimbursed from the fund established in subsection (f) of Section 16-25A-8 for all necessary expenses that they may incur through service on the board; (c) Each board member shall, within 10 days after his appointment or election to the Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System, take an oath of office that, so far as it devolves on him, he will diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the board herein established, and that he will not knowingly violate, or willingly permit to be violated, any of the provisions of law applicable to the Public Employees' Health Insurance Plan. Such oath shall be subscribed to by the member making it, certified by the officer before whom it is taken, and immediately filed in the office of the Secretary of State; (d) Each board member shall be entitled to one vote in matters concerning the board. Six votes shall be necessary for a decision at any meeting of said board. In case of a tie vote, the decision shall fail; (e) The chairman and vice-chairman of the board shall be the chairman and vice-chairman of the Teachers' Retirement System Board of Control. The Secretary-Treasurer of the Teachers' Retirement System shall serve as chief executive officer of the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan. In addition thereto, the board may engage such actuarial, administrative, legal, and other special services as shall be deemed necessary to transact the business of the insurance plan. The compensation and expenses for these special services shall be paid at such rates and in such amounts as the board shall approve. All other employees not in these categories of employment shall be employed under the provisions of the Merit System Act; (f) The board shall keep in convenient form such data as shall be necessary for actuarial valuation of the funds of the insurance plan and for checking the experience of the plan. (Acts 1983, No. 83-455, p. 640, §2.)
AL Code § 16-25A-2.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25A - Public Education Employees' Health Insurance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25A-2.1 - Board as Body Corporate for Management of Plan.

Section 16-25A-2.1Board as body corporate for management of plan. The Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board shall constitute a body corporate for the purposes of management of the health insurance plan. The board shall have all powers and may enforce all existing rights and claims, privileges of a corporation and hold its cash and securities and other property in trust for the purpose for which received; provided, however, that as instrumentalities of the state, funded by the state, the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board, their officers, and their employees shall be immune from suit to the same extent as the state, its agencies, officers, and employees. (Act 2004-646, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 6, §4.)
AL Code § 16-25A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25A - Public Education Employees' Health Insurance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25A-3 - Board, Employees Not Liable for Good Faith Performance.

Section 16-25A-3Board, employees not liable for good faith performance. The members of the Public Employees' Health Insurance Board and their employees shall not be liable for punitive damages for acts arising out of the good faith performance of their duties in administering the health insurance plan. (Acts 1983, No. 83-455, p. 640, §3.)
AL Code § 16-25A-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25A - Public Education Employees' Health Insurance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25A-4 - Relationship Between Benefits and Expenses; Reasonable Controls on Utilization and for Stability.

Section 16-25A-4Relationship between benefits and expenses; reasonable controls on utilization and for stability.  The health insurance plan provided for in this article shall be designed by the board to provide a reasonable relationship between the hospital, surgical, and medical benefits to be included and the expected hospital, surgical, and medical expenses to be incurred by the affected employee and retiree and dependents and to include reasonable controls, which may include, but are not limited to, deductible, copayment, coinsurance, and other cost containment measures to prevent unnecessary utilization of the various hospital, surgical, and medical services available and to provide reasonable assurance of stability in future years for the plan. (Acts 1983, No. 83-455, p. 640, §4; Act 2004-646, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 6, §2.)
AL Code § 16-25A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25A - Public Education Employees' Health Insurance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25A-5 - Authorization for Health Insurance Plan; Election of Optional or Supplemental Coverage.

Section 16-25A-5Authorization for health insurance plan; election of optional or supplemental coverage.  (a) The board is hereby empowered and authorized to establish a fully insured or self-insured health insurance plan for employees and, under certain conditions, retired employees and to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of such plan subject to such limitations as may be contained in this article. Such plan may provide for group hospitalization, surgical, medical, cancer, cash indemnity, and dental insurance against the financial costs of hospitalization, surgical, and medical treatment and care and may also include, among other things, prescribed drugs, medicines, prosthetic appliances, hospital inpatient and outpatient service benefits, and hospital/medical expenses indemnity benefits, including major medical benefits or such other coverage or benefits as may be deemed appropriate and desirable by the board, within the limits of such funds as may be available. (b) Any member employee or, under certain conditions, retired employee may elect an optional or supplemental coverage provided by the board which shall include but is not limited to dental, cancer, or indemnity benefits. Such election shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations and at such times as the board shall prescribe. Election of an optional or supplemental coverage shall be in lieu of primary coverage under the basic medical plan, provided any individual covered under the basic medical plan may elect an optional coverage upon agreeing to pay the costs of such coverage. Any member employee or retired employee who does not elect an optional or supplemental coverage shall be deemed as a matter of law to have elected basic medical primary coverage. (Acts 1983, No. 83-455, p. 640, §5; Act 2004-646, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 6, §2.)
AL Code § 16-25A-5.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25A - Public Education Employees' Health Insurance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25A-5.1 - Supplemental Policy to Provide Secondary Coverage for Employees.

Section 16-25A-5.1Supplemental policy to provide secondary coverage for employees. The board may, no later than January 1, 2006, offer employees a supplemental policy that provides secondary coverage to other employer group coverage. (1) For employees who have spouses with other employer group health insurance coverage available to them through their employer or previous employer, the board may provide such employees and retirees with a supplemental coverage policy to the other employer group health insurance coverage in lieu of full basic medical plan coverage through the plan. (2) An employer that provides its employees and their spouses with other employer group health insurance coverage may not exclude an employee, as defined under Section 16-25A-1(1), or his or her spouse from coverage by application of a provision which does not also apply on the same terms and conditions to other employees or their spouses. No provision of this section requires an employer to amend its plan to provide additional benefits. (Act 2004-646, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 6, §4.)
AL Code § 16-25A-5.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25A - Public Education Employees' Health Insurance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25A-5.2 - Supplemental Policy to Provide Secondary Coverage for Retirees.

Section 16-25A-5.2Supplemental policy to provide secondary coverage for retirees. The board may offer retirees a supplemental policy that provides secondary coverage to other employer group coverage and certain requirements shall be maintained regarding retiree health coverage and cost sharing. (1) For employees who retire after September 30, 2005, and who become employed by an employer that provides employees at least 50 percent of the cost of single health insurance coverage and that qualify to receive other employer group health insurance coverage through that employer shall be required to use the employer's health benefit plan for primary coverage and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan may provide supplemental secondary coverage. (2) For retirees who have spouses with other employer group health insurance coverage available to them through their employer or previous employer, the board may provide such retirees with a supplemental coverage policy to the other employer group health insurance coverage in lieu of full basic medical plan coverage through the plan.  (3) An employer that provides its employees and their spouses with other employer group health insurance coverage may not exclude a retiree, as defined under Section 16-25A-1(13), or his or her spouse from coverage by application of a provision which does not also apply on the same terms and conditions to other retirees or their spouses. No provision of this section requires an employer to amend its plan to provide additional benefits. (Act 2004-649, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 30, §1.)
AL Code § 16-25A-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25A - Public Education Employees' Health Insurance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25A-6 - Exclusions.

Section 16-25A-6Exclusions. Such health insurance shall not include the following: (1) Expenses incurred by or on account of an individual prior to the effective date of the plan as to him; (2) Hearing aids and examinations for the prescription or fitting thereof; (3) Cosmetic surgery or treatment, except to the extent necessary for correction of damage caused by accidental injury while covered by the plan or as a direct result of disease covered by the plan; (4) Services received in a hospital owned or operated by the United States government for which no charge is made; (5) Services received for injury or sickness due to war or any act of war, whether declared or undeclared, which war or act of war shall have occurred after the effective date of this plan; (6) Expenses for which the individual is not required to make payment; (7) Expenses to the extent of benefits provided under any employer group plan other than this plan in which the state participates in the cost thereof; (8) Such other expenses as may be excluded by regulations of the board; and (9) Coordination of benefit of basic hospital/medical coverage provided herein and any supplemental hospital indemnity, cancer or dental coverage provided herein under the provisions of this article or as may privately be purchased by any employee. (Acts 1983, No. 83-455, p. 640, §6.)
AL Code § 16-25A-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25A - Public Education Employees' Health Insurance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25A-9 - Eligible Employees Covered.

Section 16-25A-9Eligible employees covered. (a) All employees and, under certain conditions, retired employees as defined in Section 16-25A-1 at the time of adoption and execution by the board of a contract or other arrangement providing for group health insurance plans and who are eligible for coverage under the provisions of this article and the rules and regulations of the board adopted pursuant thereto shall have the option to be included in such coverage of the plan and shall have an option as to whether they will subscribe to such coverage for their dependents, such option to be exercised in the manner and within the time limitation prescribed by the board. (b) All persons who become employees, as defined by the terms of this article and the rules and regulations promulgated by the board pursuant thereto, shall become eligible for membership in the group health insurance plan offered by their employing board and shall have an option as to whether they will subscribe to such coverage for their dependents; provided, that such coverage may be deferred during any reasonable waiting period provided in the contract or contracts. (Acts 1983, No. 83-455, p. 640, §9; Act 2004-646, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 6, §3.)
AL Code § 16-25A-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25A - Public Education Employees' Health Insurance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25A-10 - Payment to Physician, Hospital, etc., Furnishing Service or to Insured.

Section 16-25A-10Payment to physician, hospital, etc., furnishing service or to insured. Any benefits payable under the plan adopted may be paid either directly to the attending physician, hospital, medical group or other furnishing the service upon which the claim is based or to the insured employee upon presentation of valid bills for such services; subject to such provisions designed to facilitate payment as may be made by the board. (Acts 1983, No. 83-455, p. 640, §10.)
AL Code § 16-25A-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 25A - Public Education Employees' Health Insurance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-25A-11 - Employees in Teachers' Retirement System May Vote to Be Covered by Article; Election Irrevocable; Contribution by Employer.

Section 16-25A-11Employees in Teachers' Retirement System may vote to be covered by article; election irrevocable; contribution by employer. Any board, agency, organization, or association which participates in the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama, but whose employees are not included in the definition of employee in Section 16-25A-1 may, by resolution legally adopted to conform to rules prescribed by the board and upon a majority vote of its employees, elect to have its employees and under certain conditions its retired employees covered by the provisions of this article, provided such board, agency, organization, or association shall contract to pay the full cost of coverage for each such employee in the amounts set forth by the board and as defined in Section 16-25A-1 for a full-time employee; participation, once elected, is irrevocable. Each retired employee shall be given the option to participate under the provisions of Section 16-25A-8(c) provided any employer electing to have its employees covered by this section, shall contribute on account of each of its retired employees an amount equal to any amount appropriated by the state to fund benefits for retired employees. The board shall develop rules and regulations governing the operation of this section which shall contain but not be limited to entry and withdrawal from the plan. (Acts 1983, No. 83-455, p. 640, §11.)