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TN Code § 8-27-703 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 27 - Group Insurance for Public Officers and Employees|Part 7 - Local Government Insurance Committee|§ 8-27-703. Responsibility for Costs of Health Plan — Local Government Agency Cooperation With Committee — Effect of Failure to Cooperate

  The costs of the health plan, including plan administration, shall be fully borne by agencies and their members.   Nothing in this part shall require a local government agency to make available to its employees any insurance plan approved by the local government insurance committee.    The local government insurance committee shall provide for the financing of the plan, including the disposition of government grants and subsidies to assist in the funding and provision of health insurance for enrolled individuals.   Local government agencies enrolled in the plan shall cooperate with the local government insurance committee in implementing and complying with the determinations of the local government insurance committee as set forth in subdivision (c)(1). This cooperation includes entering into contracts or memoranda of understanding reflecting the financial determinations of the local government insurance committee.   The local government insurance committee is authorized to take either or both of the following actions in response to a local government agency's failure to cooperate with the local government insurance committee as required by this section:  Assess and collect from the local government agency the costs incurred by the agency's failure to cooperate; and   Terminate the local government agency's participation in the plan.     The termination of the local government agency's participation shall be in effect for two (2) years, and shall be in effect regardless of any language in this chapter to the contrary regarding reinstatement to the plan.   The local government agency shall have the right to request reconsideration of its exclusion before the local government insurance committee. The local government insurance committee's decision of the request for reconsideration shall be final.
TN Code § 8-27-705 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 27 - Group Insurance for Public Officers and Employees|Part 7 - Local Government Insurance Committee|§ 8-27-705. Health Benefit for Retired Local Government Employees — Eligibility for Coverage — Implementation of Defined Contribution Plan or Related Investment Vehicle

  The local government insurance committee may establish a health benefit, as the local government insurance committee deems necessary and reasonable, for retired local government employees. The health benefit may be made available to retired employees who are drawing retirement benefits either through the Tennessee consolidated retirement system or through a non-TCRS retirement program sponsored by a participating local government agency.   The local government insurance committee is authorized to establish the eligibility criteria for retirees and the administrative requirements for the collection of premiums.   [Deleted by 2018 amendment.]    The commissioner of finance and administration, the chair of the finance, ways and means committee of the senate, the chair of the finance, ways and means committee of the house of representatives, and the chair of the consolidated retirement board shall serve as trustees of any defined contribution plan or related investment vehicle established as a health benefit by the local government insurance committee under this section. The trustees shall have the authority to implement any such defined contribution plan or related investment vehicle. Notwithstanding § 8-27-103(a), such authority shall include, but not be limited to, administering any contract related to such defined contribution plan or related investment vehicle, procuring services necessary or desirable for efficient administration of the investment vehicles used for the health benefit and overseeing the investment policy for any investment vehicles used.   The trustees shall delegate the duty to conduct the day-to-day responsibilities for managing the investment vehicles to the state treasurer.   The costs associated with administering any such defined contribution plan or related investment vehicle shall be assessed to the funds generated by any such defined contribution plan or related investment vehicle and, if necessary, to the employee benefits trust.   This subsection (d) shall be effective September 1, 2015.
TN Code § 8-27-706 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 27 - Group Insurance for Public Officers and Employees|Part 7 - Local Government Insurance Committee|§ 8-27-706. Supplemental Medical Insurance Program

  Subject to the approval of the state insurance committee as created in § 8-27-201, retired county judges, county officials, and employees of employers participating in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system pursuant to chapter 35, part 2 of this title may participate in the supplemental medical insurance program established in § 8-27-209; provided, that retired employees are covered by Medicare benefits and are drawing a monthly retirement allowance from the Tennessee consolidated retirement system. The state shall not assume any cost nor provide any funding toward the payment of premiums.   Except as provided in subsection (c), retired employees electing to participate in the program shall pay the total cost of such coverage.   The chief governing body of any employer of an employee described in subsection (a) may pass a resolution to make contributions toward the expense of such coverages; provided, that the amount, terms, and conditions of contributions shall be, at all times, the same as that established by the state insurance committee pursuant to § 8-27-209(d). Years of service, as used in § 8-27-209(d) for determining the employer's contribution level, means only those years of service rendered by the retired employee to the employer and upon which the retired employee's monthly retirement allowance is based. The resolution to make contributions on behalf of retired employees shall remain in effect until revoked by the chief governing body.   The budget of any such employer electing to make contributions shall include an amount sufficient to pay contributions on behalf of its retired employees covered by the supplemental insurance program. The contributions shall be paid to the insurer by the employer in a manner directed by the state insurance committee.   The supplemental medical insurance authorized under this section shall not be available to any person otherwise qualified under subsection (a) whose initial employment with a qualifying employer commenced on or after July 1, 2015.
TN Code § 8-27-801 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 27 - Group Insurance for Public Officers and Employees|Part 8 - Post-Employment Benefits|§ 8-27-801. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Authorized local education employees” means local education employees who have been authorized by the trustees to participate in the trust based upon the trustees' decision to establish a trust for local education employees and the employing local education agencies' contribution of the share of other post-employment benefits liabilities to the trust, as determined by the trustees;   “Other post-employment benefits” or “post-employment benefits” means non-pension benefits paid on behalf of former state employees, former state employees' beneficiaries, authorized local education agency employees or the authorized local education agency employees' beneficiaries after separation from service. The benefits may include, but shall not be limited to, medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision, hearing, Medicare part B or part D premiums, life insurance, long-term care, and long-term disability;   “Trustees” means the four (4) trustees designated in § 8-27-205(f).
TN Code § 8-27-802 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 27 - Group Insurance for Public Officers and Employees|Part 8 - Post-Employment Benefits|§ 8-27-802. Establishment of Investment Trusts for Purpose of Pre-Funding Other Post-Employment Benefits — Investment of Trust Funds

  The trustees shall establish an investment trust or trusts for the purpose of pre-funding other post-employment benefits accrued by employees of the state, to be paid as they come due in accordance with the arrangements between the state, the plan members, and their beneficiaries. The trustees may, in their discretion, also choose to establish an investment trust or trusts for the purpose of pre-funding other post-employment benefits accrued by authorized employees of local education agencies, to be paid as they come due in accordance with the arrangements between the local education agency, the plan members, and their beneficiaries.   The trustees must adopt, in writing, an investment policy or policies authorizing how assets in the trust or trusts may be invested.   The trust or trusts may invest in any security or investment in which the Tennessee consolidated retirement system is permitted to invest; provided, that investments by the trust shall be governed by the investment policies and guidelines adopted by the trustees in accordance with this part. The trustees shall delegate to the state treasurer the responsibility for the investment and reinvestment of trust funds in accordance with the policies and guidelines established by the trustees.   The trust must conform to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations of the Internal Revenue Service, if any.
TN Code § 8-27-803 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 27 - Group Insurance for Public Officers and Employees|Part 8 - Post-Employment Benefits|§ 8-27-803. Trusts to Be Irrevocable — Administration of Trusts — Protection of Trust Assets, Income and Distributions

  Any trust created under this part shall be an irrevocable trust and the assets thereof shall be preserved, invested and expended solely pursuant to and for the purposes of this part and shall not be loaned or otherwise transferred or used for any other purpose. The assets of the trust or trusts shall be expended solely to:  Make payments for other post-employment benefits pursuant to and in accordance with terms of the state's post-employment benefit plans;   Make payments for other post-employment benefits pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of certain local education agencies' post-employment benefits plans, at the discretion of and subject to requirements established by the trustees; and   Pay the cost of administering the trust.     The state treasurer shall administer any trust created under this part. The attorney general and reporter shall approve the terms of any trust created under this part.   Any investment trust so created shall have the powers, privileges and immunities of a corporation; and all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested, and all of its cash and securities and other property held in trust for the purpose for which received.   Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all assets, income and distributions of the investment trust shall be protected against the claims of creditors of the state, plan administrators, and plan participants, and shall not be subject to execution, attachment, garnishment, the operation of bankruptcy, the insolvency laws or other process whatsoever, nor shall any assignment thereof be enforceable in any court.
TN Code § 8-27-805 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 27 - Group Insurance for Public Officers and Employees|Part 8 - Post-Employment Benefits|§ 8-27-805. Powers of Trustees

 In addition to the powers granted by any other provisions of this part, the trustees shall have the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this part and the purposes and objectives of the investment trust or trusts, including, but not limited to, the following express powers:   To invest any funds of the trust in any instrument, obligation, security, or property that constitutes legal investments, as provided in the investment policy adopted pursuant to § 8-27-802(b);   To contract for the provision of all or any part of the services necessary for the management and operation of the investment trust;   To contract with financial consultants, auditors, and other consultants as necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this part;   To contract with an actuary or actuaries in determining the level of funding necessary by the state or certain local education agencies, if authorized by the trustees, to fund the other post-employment benefits offered by the subdivision;   To prepare annual financial reports, including financial statements following the close of each fiscal year relative to the activities of the trust or trusts. The statements and reports shall be prepared in accordance with the governmental accounting standards board. The annual report, including financial statements, all books, accounts and financial records of any trust created under this part shall be subject to audit by the comptroller of the treasury.
TN Code § 8-27-806 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 27 - Group Insurance for Public Officers and Employees|Part 8 - Post-Employment Benefits|§ 8-27-806. Part Does Not Grant Rights or Privileges to Other Post-Employment Benefits

 Nothing in this part shall be construed to define or otherwise grant any rights or privileges to other post-employment benefits. The rights and privileges, if any, shall be governed by the terms of the state's or the local education agency's post-employment benefit plans.
TN Code § 8-27-807 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 27 - Group Insurance for Public Officers and Employees|Part 8 - Post-Employment Benefits|§ 8-27-807. Participation in Other Post-Employment Investment Trust

 Nothing in this part prohibits a local education agency from participating in any other post-employment benefits investment trust created pursuant to chapter 50, part 12 of this title.
TN Code § 8-30-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30 - State Service|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-30-101. Purpose — Policy — Construction — Governance

  The purpose of this chapter is to establish in the state a system of personnel administration that will attract, select, retain and promote the best employees based on merit and equal opportunity, and free from coercive political influences. Because the citizens of the state deserve services from the best employees, the goal of the state personnel system is to provide technically competent employees to render impartial services to the public at all times and to render such services in an ethical and honorable manner. Specifically, the intent of the general assembly is to further this purpose by allowing agencies greater flexibility in personnel management in order to enhance the overall effectiveness and efficiency of state government. The general assembly further intends that state government operate within a framework of consistent best practices across all state agencies and entities and that the state's most valued resource, its employees, be managed in a manner designed to enhance work force productivity and demonstrate sound business practices.   It is the policy of the state that agencies treat all employees in accordance with the following principles:  Assuring fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, disability, religion or creed, or political opinions or affiliations. This “fair treatment” principle includes compliance with all applicable state and federal equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination laws;   Recruiting, selecting, and promoting employees on the basis of their relative skills, abilities, competencies and knowledge, including an open process to consider qualified applicants for initial employment;   Providing equitable and adequate compensation based on merit, performance, job value, and competitiveness within applicable labor markets;   Training and developing employees, as needed, to assure a high level of performance and to provide work force knowledge and skills needed to maintain and advance the state's goals and objectives;   Retaining employees on the basis of the adequacy of their performance, correcting inadequate performance when possible and appropriate, and separating employees whose performance and personal conduct is inadequate, unsuitable or inferior; and   Assuring that employees are protected against coercion for partisan political purposes and are prohibited from using their official authority for the purpose of interfering with, or affecting the result of, an election or nomination for office.     This chapter shall be liberally construed in order to increase governmental efficiency and responsiveness and to secure the employment of qualified persons in the state preferred service.   The personnel administration system adopted under this chapter shall govern and limit all other state employment matters and every appointing authority.
TN Code § 8-30-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30 - State Service|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-30-102. Application of Chapter

  Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter applies to all personnel in state service. “State service” means all officers and positions of trust or employment in the service of state government in the executive branch and all boards, commissions and agencies of state government, except those specifically excluded in this chapter.   This chapter does not apply to the following:  The legislative branch of state government including, but not limited to, employees of the fiscal review committee, and employees of any other committee, office or other entity created pursuant to law or resolution of either house of the general assembly for the purpose of serving either or both houses of the general assembly in executing its duties under the constitution of Tennessee;   The judicial branch of state government including, but not limited to, employees of the administrative office of the courts;   The office of the secretary of state;   The office of the state treasurer;   The office of the comptroller of the treasury;   The office of the attorney general and reporter;   The offices of the district attorneys general and the district public defenders;   The schools, institutions, and entities governed by the state university boards, the board of regents, and the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, including the members of the teaching staffs and the staffs of the boards themselves; and only certified professional employees of the Tennessee School for the Blind, Tennessee School for the Deaf, West Tennessee School for the Deaf, Alvin C. York Institute, and any other special school hereafter established;   Any administrative boards and commissions, or any other officers or employees, attached to the entities listed in subdivisions (b)(1)-(8) for administrative purposes;   The Tennessee higher education commission and all employees of that commission;   All employees of the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations;   The Tennessee housing development agency and all employees of that agency; and   All employees of the Tennessee rehabilitative initiative in correction board.     The commissioner shall, upon request of the heads of any of the excluded entities enumerated in subsection (b), perform any of the functions set forth in this chapter. Such a request shall not be deemed to make this chapter applicable to those entities.
TN Code § 8-30-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30 - State Service|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-30-103. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Appointing authority” means a commissioner, department, officer or agency having power to make appointments to, and separations from, positions in state service;   “Board of appeals” refers to the state employees' appeals board established by § 8-30-108 of this chapter;   “Class” or “class of positions” means a group of positions in state service determined by the commissioner to have sufficiently similar duties, authority, and responsibility such that:  The same qualifications may be reasonably required for; and   The same schedule of pay may be equitably applied to;  all positions in the group;      “Commissioner” refers to the commissioner of human resources appointed under § 8-30-104;   “Department” refers to the department of human resources pursuant to § 8-30-104. The term includes the commissioner;   “Eligible” means an applicant meeting minimum qualifications whose name is on a list;   “Executive service” means all other positions that have not been placed under the preferred service and as are described in § 8-30-202;   “List” means a list of eligibles, including, but not limited to, a promotion list;   “List of eligibles” means a list of applicants who meet the minimum qualifications for appointment to a position as determined by the department;   “Official station” means the town or city where the employee performs a majority of the employee's duties;   “Preferred service” means all offices and positions of employment in the state service that have been placed under the preferred service provisions of this chapter;   “State agency” means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality in state service that is subject to this chapter; and   “State service” shall have the same meaning assigned in § 8-30-102(a).
TN Code § 8-30-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30 - State Service|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-30-105. Rules Have Force and Effect of Law

 Rules adopted under this chapter shall have the force and effect of law, and may include any provision relating to state employment consistent with the laws of this state, which may be necessary or appropriate to give effect to the provisions and purposes of this chapter.
TN Code § 8-30-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30 - State Service|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-30-106. Powers of Department

 To carry out the purposes of this chapter, the department may do the following:   Contract with persons outside the department as the commissioner deems necessary;   Administer oaths;   Issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents related to any investigation or hearing authorized by this chapter and secure enforcement of such subpoenas by petition to the chancery court of Davidson County; and   Maintain such action or proceeding at law or in equity as the commissioner considers necessary or appropriate to secure compliance with this chapter and the rules, regulations and orders issued hereunder.
TN Code § 8-30-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30 - State Service|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-30-107. Compliance With Chapter — Penalty

  All officers and employees of the state shall comply with this chapter and the rules, regulations and orders established pursuant to this chapter, unless a specific exemption applies.   A state officer or employee who fails to comply with any provision of this chapter or with any rule, regulation or order thereunder commits a Class C misdemeanor.