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AL Code § 36-29-19.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-29-19.4 - Assistance to Low Income Employees and Retirees.

Section 36-29-19.4Assistance to low income employees and retirees. The board shall provide assistance to low income employees and retirees who meet the federal poverty levels defined in this section, effective October 1, 2005, and for each fiscal year thereafter. (1) For employees and retirees who contribute to the cost of their health insurance premium and with annual income (determined as provided below on an aggregate basis for an employee or retiree and spouse) equal to or below 300 percent of the federal poverty level, the employee or retiree contribution shall be reduced as follows: a. For employees or retirees with annual income equal to or less than 100 percent of the federal poverty level, the employee contribution will be calculated using 50 percent of the applicable premium. b. For employees or retirees with annual income equal to or less than 150 percent of the federal poverty level, but more than 100 percent of the federal poverty level, the employee contribution shall be calculated using 60 percent of the applicable premium. c. For employees or retirees with annual income equal to or less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, but more than 150 percent of the federal poverty level, the employee contribution shall be calculated using 70 percent of the applicable premium. d. For employees or retirees with annual income equal to or less than 250 percent of the federal poverty level, but more than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, the employee contribution shall be calculated using 80 percent of the applicable premium. e. For employees or retirees with annual income equal to or less than 300 percent of the federal poverty level, but more than 250 percent of the federal poverty level, the employee contribution shall be calculated using 90 percent of the applicable premium. (2) An application procedure shall be devised and implemented by the board through which employees and retirees may apply for the federal poverty level assistance described in this section. For purposes of applying for federal poverty level assistance, the annual income of an employee or retiree shall be aggregated with the annual income of the spouse of such employee or retiree and shall include all sources of income including, but not limited to, wages, pension benefits, and Social Security benefits, that may be included in gross income for purposes of federal income taxation. Applicants must submit with their application a copy of their federal tax return and, if the applicant did not file a joint return with his or her spouse, a copy of the spouse's federal tax return. Any reduction in an employee's or retiree's contribution pursuant to this section shall not be considered income of the employee or retiree for purposes of determining Medicaid eligibility for such employee or retiree. (Act 2004-647, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 17, §2; Act 2011-698, p. 2141, §1.)
AL Code § 36-29-19.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-29-19.5 - Premium Deductions Shall Be Pretax; Transfer of Funds.

Section 36-29-19.5Premium deductions shall be pretax; transfer of funds. Employee's contribution to the health insurance premium shall be deducted from payroll on a pretax basis as permitted under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. The board is authorized to transfer the necessary funds from the State Employees' Insurance Fund to the fund established by the Flexible Employees Benefit Board for the administration of the flexible employees benefits program. (Act 2004-647, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 17, §2.)
AL Code § 36-29-19.6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-29-19.6 - The State Employees' Insurance Board Shall Constitute a Body Corporate.

Section 36-29-19.6The State Employees' Insurance Board shall constitute a body corporate. (a) The board shall constitute a body corporate for the purposes of management of the plan. The board shall have all powers and privileges of a corporation and may enforce all existing rights and claims, and hold its cash and securities and other property in trust for the purpose for which received; provided, however, that as an instrumentality of the state, funded by the state, the board, their officers, and their employees shall be immune from suit to the same extent as the state, its agencies, officers, and employees; provided, however, nothing in this section shall be deemed to exclude the board from the State Ethics Law, Chapter 25 of this title. (b) A legislative advisory committee is hereby established to be composed of three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House and three members of the Senate appointed jointly by the Lieutenant Governor and the Senate President Pro Tempore. The function of the committee shall be to advise the board on matters including, but not limited to, cost containment and appropriations. Members of the committee shall be entitled to not more than regular interim committee compensation which shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Legislature. (Act 2004-647, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 17, §2.)
AL Code § 36-29-19.8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-29-19.8 - Supplemental Coverage for Certain Retirees.

Section 36-29-19.8Supplemental coverage for certain retirees. The board may offer a retiree a supplemental coverage to other employer group health insurance 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 State Employees' Health Insurance Plan may provide supplemental 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 to other employer group health insurance coverage in lieu of coverage in the basic medical plan of the State Employees' Health Insurance 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 36-29-1(11), 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 2004-648, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 28, §1.)
AL Code § 36-29-19.9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-29-19.9 - Continued Coverage for Spouse and Dependents of Covered Person Killed in the Line of Duty.

Section 36-29-19.9Continued coverage for spouse and dependents of covered person killed in the line of duty. (a) Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, a spouse and dependents of a person covered under the State Employees' Insurance Board (SEIB) health insurance plan who is killed in the line of duty or who dies as a result of an injury received in the line of duty shall continue to be covered under the SEIB plan, with the cost of continued coverage to be paid from the State Treasury. (b) The continued coverage shall cease for the spouse if he or she remarries or obtains an alternate health insurance provider. Continued coverage shall cease for any dependent when his or her eligibility for coverage terminates. (Act 2012-498, p. 1469, §1.)
AL Code § 36-29-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 2 - Flexible Employee Benefits.|Section 36-29-20 - Legislative Findings and Intent.

Section 36-29-20Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature finds that private employers have provided their employees with flexible employee benefit plans which provide a savings both to the employer and the employee, and that the State of Alabama, its departments and agencies, may provide the same tax-effective benefits to its employees. It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to provide for the establishment of a "cafeteria plan" or flexible employee benefit plan in compliance with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, with every effort being used to utilize the existing resources of the state Comptroller to implement said plan in conjunction with the Flexible Employees Benefits Board. (Acts 1989, No. 89-644, p. 1272, §1.)
AL Code § 36-29-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 2 - Flexible Employee Benefits.|Section 36-29-21 - Definitions.

Section 36-29-21Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BOARD. The Flexible Employees Benefits Board. (2) EMPLOYEE. A person who is employed by the State of Alabama, its agencies, departments, or for a county health department, and who receives his compensation through means of a state warrant drawn upon the State Treasury, or by check drawn by the Alabama State Port Authority, or from the treasury of the Department of Mental Health, other than those employees covered by the federal Railroad Retirement Act. Further, for the purposes of long-term care insurance, this definition covers any person employed by a local government in the State of Alabama. (3) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. (4) PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEE. An employee who elects to participate in the flexible benefit plan and meets the requirements set forth in said plan. (5) SALARY REDUCTION AGREEMENT. A written agreement between a participating employee and a state agency, department, or county health department, whereby the employee agrees to reduce his salary by a stated amount, or an amount equal to the cost of benefits selected under a flexible employee benefit plan, and the state agency, department, or county health department agrees to contribute such amounts to cover the cost of benefits selected by the participating employee, including related administrative expenses. (Acts 1989, No. 89-644, p. 1272, §2; Act 98-639, p. 1410, §1.)
AL Code § 36-29-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 2 - Flexible Employee Benefits.|Section 36-29-22 - Creation of "Flexible Employees Benefit board."

Section 36-29-22Creation of "Flexible Employees Benefit Board." There is hereby created the Flexible Employees Benefit Board, which shall consist of a state employee appointed by the Executive Director of the Alabama State Employees Association, the members of the State Personnel Board, and the Director of Finance. The individuals presently holding the offices shall constitute the initial membership of the board, and their successors in office, by virtue of assuming such office, shall succeed to membership on the board. The Director of Finance may designate a person to attend the meetings from time to time and to vote in his or her absence. The board shall elect one of its members as chair of the board and another as vice chair and shall also elect a secretary who need not be a member of the board. The chair, vice chair and the secretary shall serve as officers at the pleasure of the board. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of those members present shall be necessary for any action taken by the board. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all rights and perform all duties of the board. (Acts 1989, No. 89-644, p. 1272, §3; Acts 1996, No. 96-645, p. 1026, §1.)
AL Code § 36-29-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 2 - Flexible Employee Benefits.|Section 36-29-23 - Authorization to Establish Flexible Employee Benefit Plan; Provisions of Plan.

Section 36-29-23Authorization to establish flexible employee benefit plan; provisions of plan. The board, with the approval of the Governor, is authorized to establish a flexible employee benefit plan for state employees in compliance with Section 125 and any other applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code. The flexible employee benefit plan may provide for payments or salary reductions for qualified benefits in accordance with Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code, which presently include health insurance premiums, group life insurance, disability insurance, supplemental health and accident insurance, dependent care expenses, and such other types of employee benefits permitted under Section 125 and any other applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code. Futhermore, the board may establish a long-term care plan for employees. (Acts 1989, No. 89-644, p. 1272, §4; Act 98-639, p. 1410, §1.)
AL Code § 36-29-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 2 - Flexible Employee Benefits.|Section 36-29-24 - Authorization to Deduct or Reduce Salary or Wages Designated by Employee.

Section 36-29-24Authorization to deduct or reduce salary or wages designated by employee. In order to carry out the provisions of the flexible employee benefit plan or any long-term care plan, or both, the board or the head of each department, agency, or county health department is authorized on behalf of the state to deduct or reduce from salary or wages amounts voluntarily designated by the employees pursuant to salary reduction agreements or benefit deduction agreements for purchasing benefits offered under the plan. (Acts 1989, No. 89-644, p. 1272, §5; Act 98-639, p. 1410, §1.)
AL Code § 36-29-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 2 - Flexible Employee Benefits.|Section 36-29-25 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 36-29-25Rules and regulations. The board may promulgate rules and regulations concerning the selection of benefits offered and such other rules and regulations as may be required for the effective administration of this article. (Acts 1989, No. 89-644, p. 1272, §6.)
AL Code § 36-29-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 2 - Flexible Employee Benefits.|Section 36-29-26 - Payment of Administrative Expenses.

Section 36-29-26Payment of administrative expenses. In the event the board adopts and implements a flexible employee benefit plan which includes the offering of benefits in addition to health insurance premiums, the board is authorized to pay administrative expenses related to the plan, said funds being derived from general appropriation and/or by fees charged to the participating employees. (Acts 1989, No. 89-644, p. 1272, §7.)
AL Code § 36-29-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 2 - Flexible Employee Benefits.|Section 36-29-27 - Fund for Administration of Plan.

Section 36-29-27Fund for administration of plan. The board is authorized to establish such funds in the State Treasury as are necessary to administer said plan and may deposit as necessary in such fund or funds employee payments, amounts deducted pursuant to salary reduction agreements, and administrative fees and appropriations, if any. The board shall designate a custodian of said fund or funds who shall be authorized to make deposits into and payments therefrom in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by said board. (Acts 1989, No. 89-644, p. 1272, §8.)
AL Code § 36-29-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 2 - Flexible Employee Benefits.|Section 36-29-28 - Treatment of Reduction Under Retirement Systems.

Section 36-29-28Treatment of reduction under retirement systems. The amount by which a state employee's salary or wage is reduced pursuant to a salary reduction agreement authorized by this article shall continue to be included as earnable compensation for the purpose of computing benefits under the state Employees' Retirement System and/or the Teachers' Retirement System. (Acts 1989, No. 89-644, p. 1272, §9.)
AL Code § 36-29-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 2 - Flexible Employee Benefits.|Section 36-29-29 - Board Protection From Liability.

Section 36-29-29Board protection from liability. The board and the head of each department, agency, or county health department, and their employees shall not incur any liability to any employee for errors or omissions in the performance of any agreement authorized by this article. (Acts 1989, No. 89-644, p. 1272, §10; Act 98-639, p. 1410, §1.)
AL Code § 36-29-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 2 - Flexible Employee Benefits.|Section 36-29-30 - Authority to Adopt Flexible Benefit Plans.

Section 36-29-30Authority to adopt flexible benefit plans. Counties, municipal corporations, county school boards and other political subdivisions in this state shall continue to have the authority to adopt flexible benefit plans for their employees, in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code, upon the adoption of any necessary local enabling ordinance or resolution. (Acts 1989, No. 89-644, p. 1272, §11.)
AL Code § 36-29-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 3 - High Deductible Health Plan.|Section 36-29-50 - High Deductible Health Plan With a Federally Qualified Health Savings Account.

Section 36-29-50High deductible health plan with a federally qualified health savings account. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT or HSA. A savings or other account meeting the requirements for favorable tax treatment under 26 U.S.C. §223, as amended. (2) HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN or HDHP. That term as defined in 26 U.S.C. §223(c)(2), as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder. (3) PARTICIPANT. An eligible active or retired state employee and his or her dependents as determined by the State Employees' Insurance Board. (b) The State Employees' Insurance Board may offer a high deductible health plan with a federally qualified health savings account (HDHP-HSA) to eligible active and retired state employees and their dependents. A retired state employee eligible for or entitled to Medicare benefits under Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act is not eligible to participate in the HDHP-HSA. The terms and conditions of the HDHP-HSA shall be established by the board in accordance with federal requirements and limitations. (c) A participant in the HDHP-HSA may receive an employer contribution into the participant's HSA from the State Employees' Insurance Fund in an amount to be determined by the board. The employer contributions into the participant's HSA shall not constitute compensation to an employee for the purposes of any statute fixing or limiting the compensation of the employee. (d) A participant in the HDHP-HSA is eligible to deposit the participant's own funds into a HSA. Each department, agency, or county health department on behalf of the state may deduct or reduce from salary or wages amounts voluntarily designated by a participant pursuant to salary reduction agreement to participate in the HDHP-HSA. The amount by which a state employee's salary or wage is reduced pursuant to a salary reduction agreement authorized by this article shall continue to be included as earnable compensation for the purpose of computing benefits under the State Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers' Retirement System. (Act 2013-245, p. 593, §1.)
AL Code § 36-29-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 3 - High Deductible Health Plan.|Section 36-29-51 - Health Reimbursement Arrangement.

Section 36-29-51Health reimbursement arrangement. (a) As used in this section, the term health reimbursement arrangement or HRA means a plan qualifying as a health reimbursement arrangement as that term is defined under IRS Notice 2002-45 and a medical reimbursement plan under Sections 105 and 106 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. (b) The State Employees' Insurance Board may offer a health reimbursement arrangement to eligible active and retired state employees and their dependents. The terms and conditions of the HRA shall be established by the board in accordance with federal requirements and limitations. (c) Participants in the HRA are eligible to receive an employer contribution into the participant's HRA from the State Employees Insurance Fund in an amount to be determined by the board. Employer contributions into the participant's HRA shall not constitute compensation to an employee for the purposes of any statute fixing or limiting the compensation of the employee. (Act 2013-245, p. 593, §2.)
AL Code § 36-29-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 29 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan.|Article 3 - High Deductible Health Plan.|Section 36-29-52 - Assignment of Attachment of Health Benefits.

Section 36-29-52Assignment of attachment of health benefits.  In the case of any state law authorizing the assignment of benefits or a lien against benefits under a health insurance policy, the health benefits covered under any policy or plan of health insurance may not be assigned by the insured or attached by lien if the policy provides coverage for excepted benefits, as defined in Section 2791(c)(2), (3), and (4) of the Public Health Service Act. (Act 2013-245, p. 593, §3.)
AL Code § 36-30-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 30 - Compensation for Death or Disability of Peace Officers, Firemen, Etc.|Article 1 - Compensation for Death of Peace Officers and Firemen.|Section 36-30-4 - Payment of Compensation - Paid Only to Residents of United States.

Section 36-30-4Payment of compensation - Paid only to residents of United States. Compensation pursuant to this article for the death of a peace officer, firefighter, or rescue squad member shall be paid only to his or her designated beneficiaries or dependents who at the time of such officer's, firefighter's, or rescue squad member's death were actually residents of the United States. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 256, §4; Act 2008-480, p. 1047, §2; Act 2016-385, §1.)