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CA Govt Code § 31696.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.8 - Long-Term Care Group Insurance|Section 31696.3.

31696.3.  (a) The board shall establish a trust fund designated as the Long-Term Care Fund for the purpose of the payment of the costs and administration of the long-term care plan. The Long-Term Care Fund shall be held for the exclusive benefit of enrollees and the payment of the costs and administration of the program.(b) The board shall have exclusive control of the administration and investment of the Long-Term Care Fund, except that in a county having a board of investments, the board of investments shall have exclusive control of the investment of the fund. Funds in the Long-Term Care Fund shall be invested pursuant to the law governing the investment of the retirement fund.(c) Income, of whatever nature, earned on the Long-Term Care Fund shall be credited to the fund.(d) If the Long-Term Care Fund is intended to be a part of the retirement system trust fund, then the operation of the Long-Term Care Fund, including, but not limited to, its funding, governance, investment of assets, allocation of income, and payment of benefits, shall comply with the requirements of Section 401(h) of Title 26 of the United States Code, to the extent required by that title and related federal regulations. If the Long-Term Care Fund is intended to be separate from and not a part of the retirement system, then no assets attributable to that fund shall be commingled for investment or any other purpose, with the assets of the retirement system and shall constitute a separate fund with a trust that is separate from the funds and trust of the retirement system to the extent commingling of assets for investment purposes satisfies the requirements of the federal tax laws. The board shall indicate, as a part of establishment of the Long-Term Care Fund, whether the separate fund is intended to be a part of, or separate from, the retirement system.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 740, Sec. 14. (AB 2473) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Govt Code § 31696.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.8 - Long-Term Care Group Insurance|Section 31696.4.

31696.4.  The board is authorized to recover the administrative costs of the long-term care insurance program from insurance carriers and premiums paid by enrollees.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 491, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Govt Code § 31696.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.8 - Long-Term Care Group Insurance|Section 31696.5.

31696.5.  Subdivision (b) of Section 31696.1 shall not be operative in any county until the board of supervisors shall, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, make that subdivision applicable in the county.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 491, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Govt Code § 31698 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.9 - Vision Care|Section 31698.

31698.  This article shall be known and may be cited as the County Retirement System Vision Care Program.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 331, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 31698.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.9 - Vision Care|Section 31698.1.

31698.1.  A member who retires from a county retirement system covered by this chapter may enroll in a vision care program offered pursuant to this article subject to meeting the eligibility requirements established for the program.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 331, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 31698.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.9 - Vision Care|Section 31698.2.

31698.2.  Each retired member that elects to participate in the program shall be solely responsible for the payment of premiums.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 331, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 31698.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.9 - Vision Care|Section 31698.3.

31698.3.  The benefits in this article are in addition to any other benefits provided in this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 331, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 31698.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.9 - Vision Care|Section 31698.4.

31698.4.  The sponsor of the vision care program may contract with a third-party administrator to provide vision care to the retired member, his or her survivors, and his or her eligible dependents.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 331, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Govt Code § 31698.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.9 - Vision Care|Section 31698.5.

31698.5.  If the vision care program is intended to be part of the retirement system trust fund, then the operation of the vision care program, including, but not limited to, its funding, governance, investment of assets, allocation of income, and payment of benefits, shall comply with the requirements of Section 401(h) of Title 26 of the United States Code, to the extent required by that title, and related federal regulations. If the vision care program is intended to be separate from and not a part of the retirement system, then no assets attributable to that program shall be commingled for investment, or any other purpose, with the assets of the retirement system. Assets attributable to the program shall constitute a separate fund with a trust that is separate from the funds and trust of the retirement system except to the extent that the commingling of assets for investment purposes satisfies the requirements of the federal tax laws. The sponsor of the vision care program shall indicate as part of the establishment of the program whether that separate fund is intended to be a part of, or separate from, the retirement system.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 740, Sec. 15. (AB 2473) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Govt Code § 31699.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.10 - Post-Employment Health Benefits: San Bernardino County Alternative Fund|Section 31699.1.

31699.1.  This article shall apply to a board of retirement established in a county of the seventh class.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 326, Sec. 1. (SB 11) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Govt Code § 31699.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.10 - Post-Employment Health Benefits: San Bernardino County Alternative Fund|Section 31699.2.

31699.2.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this section govern the construction of this article.(a) “Board members” means the retirement system board and the individual members of that board or the individual members of a postemployment health benefits fund board, as applicable.(b) “Employee,” except as used in subdivision (g), means a former or retired employee of a local public agency and his or her spouse and dependents who are eligible for retiree health benefits provided by that public agency.(c) “Postemployment health benefits fund” means the fund established by the retirement system board as a legal entity separate from the retirement system that is used for the collective investment of assets held solely for providing health benefits to employees of a local public agency.(d) “Postemployment health benefits fund board” means the governing board of the postemployment health benefits fund.(e) “Public agency” means any local public agency, as defined in Section 53630.(f) “Retirement system board” means the governing board of the retirement system.(g) “Staff” means the officers and employees of the retirement system or of the postemployment health benefits fund, as applicable. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 326, Sec. 1. (SB 11) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Govt Code § 31699.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.10 - Post-Employment Health Benefits: San Bernardino County Alternative Fund|Section 31699.3.

31699.3.  The purpose of this article is to allow the retirement system board to establish a postemployment health benefits fund for public agencies that would enable the agencies to do all of the following:(a) Combine for investment the assets that the agencies set aside to provide for retiree health benefits.(b) Take advantage of economies of scale.(c) Use existing investment expertise to reduce the cost of funding for retiree health benefits and increase the security of public retirees and their dependents in those benefits. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 326, Sec. 1. (SB 11) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Govt Code § 31699.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.10 - Post-Employment Health Benefits: San Bernardino County Alternative Fund|Section 31699.5.

31699.5.  The investment of the assets in the postemployment health benefits fund shall be subject to the fiduciary standards governing investments under Section 17 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, as those standards apply to the management of investments of the retirement system governed by the board, notwithstanding that assets in the postemployment health benefits fund will be used to provide retiree health benefits and not retirement allowances. Each public agency and trust fund, and each governing body and member thereof, that participates in the postemployment health benefits fund shall be conclusively determined to have accepted and approved the applicability of the investment standards set forth in this article. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 326, Sec. 1. (SB 11) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Govt Code § 31699.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.10 - Post-Employment Health Benefits: San Bernardino County Alternative Fund|Section 31699.6.

31699.6.  (a) The postemployment health benefits fund board shall determine the investments of the postemployment health benefits fund and may delegate this function to the extent consistent with its fiduciary responsibilities, including delegating this function to the retirement system board.(b) The postemployment health benefits fund board may offer different investment pools to be chosen by the public agencies and their trust funds that participate in the postemployment health benefits fund.(c) To the extent allowed by California law and federal law, including, but not limited to, federal tax and securities law, the postemployment health benefits fund board may invest the assets that it holds, and the retirement system board may invest the assets that it holds, in investment pools established under this article, and each of those boards may combine or commingle, for investment purposes only, the assets that it holds with the assets held by the other board. The postemployment health benefits fund board and the retirement system board may take any and all actions necessary or appropriate to implement that combination or commingling, including, but not limited to, unitizing the investments held for retirement purposes.(d) The retirement system board may invest the assets that it holds for retirement purposes, and the postemployment health benefits fund board may invest the assets held in the postemployment health benefits fund in the same or similar investments by parallel investing rather than commingling the assets for investment. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 326, Sec. 1. (SB 11) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Govt Code § 31699.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.10 - Post-Employment Health Benefits: San Bernardino County Alternative Fund|Section 31699.7.

31699.7.  (a) The postemployment health benefits fund board shall establish the terms and conditions for a public agency and its trust fund to participate in the postemployment health benefits fund, including, but not limited to, eligibility to participate, amount of assets transferred to the fund, investments, withdrawal, transfer of assets to or from the fund, termination of participation, and reporting to the public agency.(b) The postemployment health benefits fund board shall account separately for each public agency and its trust fund with respect to contributions, withdrawals, earnings, losses, fees paid to third-party vendors, expenses, and all other relevant items. Any expenses charged to the postemployment health benefits fund by the retirement system shall be reported at least monthly by the postemployment health benefits board in its public records and shall be reported at least annually to each agency or trust that participates in the postemployment health benefits fund. The portion of the postemployment health benefits fund that is attributable to each public agency and its trust fund after the accounting, including each agency’s and trust fund’s allocated share of expenses as provided in this section, shall be used only for the exclusive benefit of the employees of that agency.(c) The postemployment health benefits fund board shall, by resolution, establish all rules, regulations, or bylaws for the administration of the postemployment health benefits fund, including any revision that it deems appropriate, and shall have sole discretion to interpret those rules, regulations, or bylaws. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 326, Sec. 1. (SB 11) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Govt Code § 31699.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.10 - Post-Employment Health Benefits: San Bernardino County Alternative Fund|Section 31699.8.

31699.8.  (a) The sole function of the postemployment health benefits fund shall be to invest assets of participating public agencies and their trust funds that are held for the exclusive benefit of agency employees. The postemployment health benefits fund shall not have any liability for benefits that are provided by any agency or trust that transfers assets to the postemployment health benefits fund for investment. Additionally, the retirement system shall not have any liability for those benefits.(b) The transfer of assets to or from the postemployment health benefits fund, and the investment of assets by that fund, shall not change the obligation of any agency for retiree health benefits, shall not create any obligations on the part of the retirement systems for retiree health benefits, and shall not create any obligation on the part of a postemployment health benefits fund for any pension or annuity benefits.(c) The retirement system and the postemployment health benefits fund are separate legal entities, and they and their boards, board members, and staffs, are liable only for their own actions or failures to act. Any liability shall be determined in accordance with Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 900) and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 910) of Part 3 of Division 3.6 of Title 1. Any of those claims or causes of action shall accrue in accordance with Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 326, Sec. 1. (SB 11) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Govt Code § 31699.9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.10 - Post-Employment Health Benefits: San Bernardino County Alternative Fund|Section 31699.9.

31699.9.  (a) Expenses of administration of this article shall be allocated by the retirement system board, in its discretion and on a reasonable basis, among the postemployment health benefits fund, the retirement system, and the accounts of the public agencies and trust funds that participate in the postemployment health benefits fund.(b) The establishment of the postemployment health benefits fund will enable the sharing of expenses of administration and investment, bringing economies of scale and better use of investment expertise to the retirement system. Consequently, the retirement system board may pay the startup and initial administrative expenses for the fund if the retirement system board determines that this expenditure is in the long-term best interests of the members and beneficiaries of the retirement system, and the employers that participate in that system. The board may also assess participating agencies and trusts for all or a portion of those expenses. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 326, Sec. 1. (SB 11) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Govt Code § 31699.10 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.10 - Post-Employment Health Benefits: San Bernardino County Alternative Fund|Section 31699.10.

31699.10.  The postemployment health benefits fund board shall act as a separate governing board of the postemployment health benefits fund, with separate rules, regulations, and bylaws, and shall meet separately from the meetings of the retirement system. The postemployment health benefits fund board shall have all of the power, authority, and ability to act on behalf of the postemployment health benefits fund that the retirement system board has with respect to the retirement system, including, but not limited to, the power to obtain fiduciary insurance. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 326, Sec. 1. (SB 11) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Govt Code § 31699.20 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.11 - Dental Care|Section 31699.20.

31699.20.  This article shall be known and may be cited as the County Retirement System Dental Care Program.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 59, Sec. 4. (AB 2664) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 31699.21 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.11 - Dental Care|Section 31699.21.

31699.21.  A retired member of a county retirement system covered by this chapter may enroll in a dental care program offered pursuant to this article, subject to meeting the eligibility requirements established for the program.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 59, Sec. 4. (AB 2664) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 31699.22 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.11 - Dental Care|Section 31699.22.

31699.22.  A retired member who elects to participate in the program shall be solely responsible for the payment of premiums.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 59, Sec. 4. (AB 2664) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 31699.23 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.11 - Dental Care|Section 31699.23.

31699.23.  The benefits in this article are in addition to any other benefits provided in this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 59, Sec. 4. (AB 2664) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 31699.24 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.11 - Dental Care|Section 31699.24.

31699.24.  The board of retirement may contract with a third-party administrator to provide dental care to the retired member, his or her survivors, and his or her eligible dependents.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 59, Sec. 4. (AB 2664) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 31699.25 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 8.11 - Dental Care|Section 31699.25.

31699.25.  The provision of dental benefits in accordance with this article may be revised or discontinued at any time.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 59, Sec. 4. (AB 2664) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 31700 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES|DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES|PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS|CHAPTER 3 - County Employees Retirement Law of 197|ARTICLE 9 - Deferred Retirement|Section 31700.

31700.  (a) Any member, whether over or under the minimum age of voluntary service retirement, who leaves county service after completing five years of service or who leaves county service and within 90 days, or six months if Section 31840.4 applies, becomes a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, a retirement system established under this chapter in another county, the State Teachers’ Retirement System, or a retirement system of any other public agency of the state that has established reciprocity with the Public Employees’ Retirement System subject to the conditions of Section 31840.2, may elect in writing, within 90 days after establishing eligibility for reciprocity, to leave his or her accumulated contributions in the retirement fund and be granted a deferred retirement allowance to become effective either:(1) Upon the option of the member, at any time at which he or she could have retired had he or she remained in county service in a full-time position.(2) Not later than the first day of the month following that in which he or she attains the applicable compulsory retirement age, if any.(b) Any member who is eligible to be granted a deferred retirement allowance under subdivision (a) because he or she has completed five years of service but who fails to so elect, shall be deemed to have elected a deferred retirement.(c) Any member, regardless of service, whose retirement system coverage ceases but who does not terminate employment shall leave his or her accumulated contributions in the retirement fund, and interest shall continue to be credited pursuant to Section 31591, until the member retires or terminates employment.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 966, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2001.)