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WY Stat § 9-3-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 1 - Salaries and Expenses|Section 9-3-105 - Reduction in Force; Defined; Maintenance of Medical Benefits.

9-3-105. Reduction in force; defined; maintenance of medical benefits.| (a) As used in this section, "reduction in force" means the involuntary separation of any employee from state employment because of a shortfall of funding, lack of work or organizational changes requiring a reduction in the number of positions of state employment.  (b) The state's share of the health insurance benefits under the group insurance plan for state employees shall be maintained by the state for any state employee separated from employment because of a reduction in force for a period of six (6) months following separation or until the separated employee acquires employment, whichever first occurs.
WY Stat § 9-3-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 1 - Salaries and Expenses|Section 9-3-106 - Interbranch Donation of Sick Leave.

9-3-106. Interbranch donation of sick leave.| An employee of an entity participating in the state health insurance program may donate accrued sick leave to an employee of another entity participating in the state health insurance program if authorized by reciprocal personnel policies adopted by the appropriate entities.
WY Stat § 9-3-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 2 - Insurance Plans|Section 9-3-202 - Short Title.

9-3-202. Short title.| This act shall be known and may be cited as the "State Employees and Officials Group Insurance Act".
WY Stat § 9-3-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 2 - Insurance Plans|Section 9-3-206 - Specifications for Insurance Plan; Submission of Bids; Change of Carriers; Notice of Rate Changes or Intent of Carrier Not to Renew; Premium Tax Exemption.

9-3-206. Specifications for insurance plan; submission of bids; change of carriers; notice of rate changes or intent of carrier not to renew; premium tax exemption.| (a) The specifications drawn by the department for the health insurance plan shall include hospital and medical benefits, and comparable benefits for employees who rely solely on spiritual means for healing. The specification drawn by the department for the life insurance plan and any other group insurance plan shall include benefits as determined by the department. Bids shall be submitted to the department within time limits established by the department and, in addition to the carrier's cost proposal, shall include an explanation of the method of claims administration proposed by the carrier and the cost thereof, the amount of total premiums to be retained by the carrier, the purpose for which these retained funds would be allocated, and other information requested by the department.  (b) The department may:  (i) Call for bids and change carriers at its discretion;  (ii) Terminate an existing contract at any time upon sixty (60) days notice in the event of unsatisfactory performance or noncompliance with the terms of the contract by the carrier.  (c) Any carrier under contract with the department shall give the department sixty (60) days notice of any proposed rate change in the contract specifications or intent not to renew the contract. If the department and the carrier agree during the sixty (60) day period to any rate change in the specifications, the department may renew the contract, as changed, without reopening to bids.  (d) If the department decides to change carriers or to reopen bids on the underwriting of any aspect of the group insurance plan, it shall follow the same procedures in the selection of a subsequent carrier as it did in awarding the initial contract.  (e) Any carrier underwriting any portion of the state's group insurance plan is exempt from paying premium taxes under W.S. 26-4-103 on that portion of its business representing premiums collected from the group insurance plan.
WY Stat § 9-3-207 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 2 - Insurance Plans|Section 9-3-207 - Eligibility for Membership in Plan; State Employees; 31 Day Period to Elect Enrollment; New Employees; Later Enrollment.

9-3-207. Eligibility for membership in plan; state employees; 31 day period to elect enrollment; new employees; later enrollment.| (a) Any state employee eligible for membership in the group insurance plan at the time the plan becomes effective shall have thirty-one (31) days to either elect to be enrolled or not be enrolled in the plan. The department shall establish the procedure by which eligible employees shall notify the department of their decision within the prescribed thirty-one (31) day period.  (b) An eligible employee who enters state service or service of a voluntary participating employer has thirty-one (31) days from the initial date of employment to elect to be enrolled or not be enrolled in the group insurance plan.  (c) Employees who elect not to be enrolled within the time prescribed in subsections (a) and (b) of this section may be enrolled at a later date upon conditions the department may impose, such as a physical examination or the exclusion of preexisting conditions from coverage.  (d) A retiree is eligible for coverage under the group insurance plan subject to the provisions of W.S. 9-3-218.  (e) An eligible employee of a voluntary participating employer shall have thirty-one (31) days from the date the employer becomes a participating employer and the employees thereof are eligible for participation in the state plan, to elect to be enrolled or not be enrolled in the group insurance plan. A voluntary participating employer's employees shall become eligible on the date the employer's election is effective under W.S. 9-3-201(c).
WY Stat § 9-3-208 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 2 - Insurance Plans|Section 9-3-208 - State Officials; 31 Day Period to Elect Enrollment; Newly Appointed or Elected Officials; Later Enrollment.

9-3-208. State officials; 31 day period to elect enrollment; newly appointed or elected officials; later enrollment.| (a) State officials eligible for membership in the group insurance plan at the time the plan becomes effective shall have thirty-one (31) days to either elect to become enrolled or not become enrolled in the plan. The election shall be made according to procedures established by the department.  (b) Eligible state officials appointed or elected after the effective date of the group insurance plan have thirty-one (31) days after the date they officially take office to elect to become enrolled or not become enrolled in the plan.  (c) Eligible state officials who elect not to become enrolled within the time prescribed in subsections (a) and (b) of this section may be enrolled at a later date upon conditions the department may impose, such as a physical examination or the exclusion of preexisting conditions from coverage.
WY Stat § 9-3-209 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 2 - Insurance Plans|Section 9-3-209 - Dependents; Election of Coverage; Later Election; Change in Number of Dependents; Extended Coverage.

9-3-209. Dependents; election of coverage; later election; change in number of dependents; extended coverage.| (a) Any eligible employee or official may elect to have his dependents covered by the group insurance plan. The election shall be made at the time the employee or official becomes enrolled in the plan, under procedures the department may establish. If dependent coverage is not elected at the time that an employee or official becomes enrolled in the plan, dependent coverage may be elected at a later date under conditions the department may impose, such as physical examination or the exclusion of preexisting conditions from coverage.  (b) Any employee or official who has elected to have his dependents covered as provided in subsection (a) of this section, and who subsequently has a change in the number of his dependents, may at the time of the change increase or decrease the number of his dependents covered by the group insurance plan under procedures established by the department.  (c) Any employee or official who has no eligible dependents at the time he becomes enrolled in the group insurance plan, and who later has an eligible dependent may, at the time his dependency status changes, elect coverage for the dependent under procedures established by the department.  (d) The dependents of any employee or official who has elected to have his dependents covered as provided in subsection (a) of this section, and who suffers a work related death as a result of employment as an official or employee, shall continue to be covered for a period of six (6) months after the date of the employee's or official's death. The state auditor shall ascertain the employing agency's contribution pursuant to W.S. 9-3-210 for the six (6) month period and shall pay the department the amount required for the coverage. The dependents shall be responsible for any portion required to be paid by the employee for coverage during the six (6) month period.
WY Stat § 9-3-211 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 2 - Insurance Plans|Section 9-3-211 - Deductions From Salaries of Monthly Contributions by Employees and Officials; Establishment of Procedure.

9-3-211. Deductions from salaries of monthly contributions by employees and officials; establishment of procedure.| (a) The amount of monthly contribution to be made by eligible employees and officials enrolled in the group insurance plan for themselves and their dependents shall be deducted from the monthly salaries of the employees and officials by the various agencies or voluntary participating employers and remitted to the department. The procedure for deductions and remittances shall be established by the department. If a flexible benefits plan is chosen, the employees' and officials' contribution shall be applied to the chosen benefits in an amount determined by the employee or official.  (b) The department shall establish procedures for deducting and remitting monthly contributions by eligible retirees enrolled in the group insurance plan which may include deductions from the retiree's state retirement benefits or from the retiree's checking or savings account.  (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of the State Employees' and Officials' Group Insurance Act and for the contributions provided by W.S. 9-2-3207(a)(xi)(F)(IV), the contributions required by subsection (a) of this section may be paid by the Wyoming livestock board for state employee members in order to be treated as employer contributions for the sole purpose of determining tax treatment under the United States Internal Revenue Code, section 414(h). The amounts shall be stated in the employment contract.
WY Stat § 9-3-213 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 2 - Insurance Plans|Section 9-3-213 - Treasurer of Monies; Bond; Deposit in an Account of Premium Cost Payments, Dividend Payments and Return of Premiums; Expenditures; Investment of Excess Portions.

9-3-213. Treasurer of monies; bond; deposit in an account of premium cost payments, dividend payments and return of premiums; expenditures; investment of excess portions.| (a) The state treasurer shall be the treasurer of monies under this act, and his general bond to the state of Wyoming shall cover all liabilities for his acts as treasurer. The department shall remit to the treasurer for deposit into a separate account all payments received by the department for the group insurance premium costs from employees and officials, and the state agencies, departments, institutions and voluntary participating employers. The department shall also remit to the treasurer for deposit into the account any dividend payments and return of premium received by the department from any carrier underwriting the group insurance plan. All remittances shall be made as soon as possible after they are received.  (b) Expenditures shall be made from the account, upon certification of the department to the office of the state auditor, only for the following purposes:  (i) The payment of premiums to any carrier underwriting the group insurance or supplemental plan or plans; and  (ii) The state's cost of administering group insurance and supplemental plans, subject to annual appropriation by the legislature based on the submission by the department of a budget request containing detailed information on current and projected administrative costs.  (c) The department shall certify in writing to the state treasurer for investment portions of the monies which in its judgment will not be needed for the payment of premiums to the carriers underwriting the group insurance or supplemental plans.
WY Stat § 9-3-217 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 2 - Insurance Plans|Section 9-3-217 - Advisory Panel; Composition; Compensation.

9-3-217. Advisory panel; composition; compensation.| (a) The director of the department shall establish an advisory panel consisting of active plan participants employed by the state, participating school districts, the University of Wyoming and Wyoming community colleges and of retired employees who are plan participants. The panel shall consist of no more than ten (10) members if there are less than five (5) participating school districts or no more than twelve (12) members if there are at least five (5) participating school districts and, insofar as possible, shall proportionally represent the specified employee groups participating in the group health insurance plan. The advisory panel shall be consulted regarding plan benefits and costs. The director of the department shall, upon receiving notification from at least five (5) school districts electing group insurance plan participation under W.S. 9-3-201(e), appoint two (2) additional advisory panel members to increase the advisory panel to twelve (12) members as provided in this section.  (b) State, participating school district, university and community college employee members of the panel shall suffer no loss of wages for the time devoted to attending meetings of the panel called by the department. All members shall be provided per diem and travel expenses incurred for attending such meetings at the rates provided under W.S. 9-3-102 and 9-3-103.
WY Stat § 9-3-218 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 2 - Insurance Plans|Section 9-3-218 - Retiree Membership in Plan.

9-3-218. Retiree membership in plan.| (a) A retiree is eligible for coverage under the group insurance plan at premium rates established by the department, provided:  (i) Application to continue coverage is made to the department within thirty-one (31) days after termination of the retiree's employment;  (ii) The retiree has had medical coverage in effect under the group insurance plan for at least one (1) year immediately prior to the date of retirement and is eligible to receive a retirement benefit under the Wyoming retirement system; and either:  (A) Has attained the age of fifty (50) on the date of retirement and has at least four (4) years of service credit under the Wyoming retirement system as an employee of one (1) of the employing entities participating in the plan; or  (B) Has at least twenty (20) years of service credit under the Wyoming retirement system as an employee of one (1) of the employing entities participating in the plan.  (b) Within the application period provided under paragraph (a)(i) of this section, the retiree may elect to continue coverage of his eligible dependents under the group insurance plan provided each such dependent was covered under the group insurance plan for at least one (1) year immediately prior to the retiree's date of retirement. An election to add dependents may not be made after the initial application period unless the increase in the number of dependents results from a subsequent marriage, birth or adoption in which case the dependents may be enrolled at a later date upon conditions the department may impose.  (c) The department shall establish procedures by which the eligible retiree shall make application within the thirty-one (31) day period provided under paragraph (a)(i) of this section.
WY Stat § 9-3-219 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 2 - Insurance Plans|Section 9-3-219 - Air Ambulance Transport Services for Employees, Officials and Dependents; Reimbursement; Sunset.

9-3-219. Air ambulance transport services for employees, officials and dependents; reimbursement; sunset.| (a) Emergency and medically necessary air ambulance transport services for employees, officials and their dependents shall be covered under W.S. 42-4-123, subject to availability and any limitations specified by the department of health under W.S. 42-4-123(a) and subject to operation of the air ambulance transport services program under W.S. 42-4-123(b).  (b) Contingent on operation of the air ambulance transport services program under W.S. 42-4-123(b), the department of administration and information shall pay reimbursement for services under this section to the department of health, as specified under W.S. 42-4-123.  (c) This section is repealed effective July 1, 2023.
WY Stat § 9-3-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 3 - Social Security|Section 9-3-301 - Definitions.

9-3-301. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) "Employee" includes administrative and elective officers of a state or political subdivision thereof;  (ii) "Employment" means any service performed by any employee in the employ of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, for the employer except service which in the absence of an agreement entered into under this act would constitute "employment", as defined in the Social Security Act or service which under the Social Security Act may not be included in an agreement between the state and the federal security administrator entered into under this act;  (iii) "Federal Insurance Contributions Act" means subchapter (A) of chapter 9 of the federal Internal Revenue Code, as the code has been and may from time to time be amended;  (iv) "Federal security administrator" includes any individual to whom the federal security administrator has delegated any of his functions under the Social Security Act, with respect to coverage under such act of employees of states and their political subdivisions;  (v) "Political subdivision" includes any instrumentality of the state, or one (1) or more of its political subdivisions, or of the state and one (1) or more of its political subdivisions, but only if the instrumentality is a juristic entity which is legally separate and distinct from the state or subdivision, and only if its employees are not, by virtue of their relation to the juristic entity, employees of the state or subdivision. "Political subdivision" includes school districts, the Wyoming Education Association, the Wyoming High School Athletic Association, and any other employer within the public school system of Wyoming;  (vi) "Social Security Act" means the act of congress approved August 14, 1935, chapter 531, 49 Stat. 620, officially cited as the "Social Security Act," (including regulations and requirements issued pursuant thereto), as the act has been and may from time to time be amended;  (vii) "State agency" means the office of the state treasurer of the state of Wyoming;  (viii) "Wages" means all remuneration for employment including the cash value of all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash and does not include that part of the remuneration which, even if it were for "employment" within the meaning of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, would not constitute "wages" within the meaning of that act;  (ix) "This act" means W.S. 9-3-301 through 9-3-306.
WY Stat § 9-3-302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 3 - Social Security|Section 9-3-302 - Administration by Secretary of Wyoming Retirement System; Payment of Costs.

9-3-302. Administration by secretary of Wyoming retirement system; payment of costs.| All administrative matters pertaining to this act shall be administered by the secretary of the Wyoming retirement system. The cost of such services shall be paid in the manner provided by law.
WY Stat § 9-3-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 9 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 3 - Compensation and Benefits|Article 3 - Social Security|Section 9-3-303 - Agreements With Federal Security Administrator to Extend Benefits to Employees; Provisions.

9-3-303. Agreements with federal security administrator to extend benefits to employees; provisions.| (a) The state treasurer with the approval of the governor may enter on behalf of the state into an agreement with the federal security administrator or his successor, consistent with the terms and provisions of this act for the purpose of extending the benefits of the federal old age and survivors' insurance system to employees of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, with respect to services which constitute employment. The agreement may contain provisions relating to coverage, benefits, contributions, effective date, modification and termination of the agreement, administration, and other appropriate provisions which the state treasurer and federal security administrator agree upon. Except as otherwise required by or under the Social Security Act as to the services to be covered, the agreement shall provide in effect that:  (i) Benefits will be provided for employees, and their dependents and survivors, whose services are covered by the agreement on the same basis as though the services constituted employment within the meaning of Title II of the Social Security Act;  (ii) The state will pay to the secretary of the treasury, at times as prescribed under the Social Security Act, contributions with respect to wages equal to the sum of the taxes which would be imposed by sections 1400 and 1410 of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act if the services covered by the agreement constituted employment within the meaning of that act;  (iii) The agreement is effective with respect to services in employment performed after a date specified therein, or in any modification thereof;  (iv) All services which constitute employment and are performed in the employ of the state or any of its political subdivisions shall be covered by the agreement.  (b) Any instrumentality jointly created by this state and any other state or states, upon the granting of like authority by the other state or states, may:  (i) Enter into an agreement with the federal security administrator whereby the benefits of the federal old age and survivors' insurance system shall be extended to employees of the instrumentality;  (ii) Require its employees to pay (and for that purpose to deduct from their wages) contributions equal to the amounts which they would be required to pay under W.S. 9-3-304(a) if they were covered by an agreement made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; and  (iii) Make payments to the secretary of the treasury in accordance with the agreement, including payments from its own funds, and otherwise to comply with the agreement.  (c) The agreement under subsection (b) of this section shall, to the extent practicable, be consistent with other provisions of this act.