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2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5713 - CONSTRUCTION AND ALTERATION OF STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

67-5713. CONSTRUCTION AND ALTERATION OF STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. The administrator of the division of public works is authorized and empowered, subject to the approval of the permanent building fund advisory council, to use appropriated funds or other fund sources to construct or alter, either in whole or in part, state owned correctional facilities by inmate labor for the purpose of providing meaningful work and rehabilitation programs for inmates confined therein, or to have such construction accomplished by the competitive bid process as authorized by section 67-5711, Idaho Code, whichever the permanent building fund advisory council deems most appropriate. Further providing that no construction or alteration by inmate labor shall be authorized, unless plans and specifications for such construction have been accomplished by a licensed architect or engineer appointed at the direction of the council, and such final plans and specifications approved by the council. Further providing that such construction or alteration shall be performed under the direct charge and supervision of the administrator of the division of public works.
History:
[67-5713, added 1978, ch. 375, sec. 2, p. 981.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5722 - DECLARATION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY.

67-5722. DECLARATION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY. In accordance with the internal management policies, guidelines or instructions of the board of examiners, the head of any agency may declare as surplus any item of personal property.
History:
[67-5722, added 1975, ch. 254, sec. 2, p. 686; am. 1991, ch. 158, sec. 1, p. 374; am. 2000, ch. 5, sec. 1, p. 9; am. 2001, ch. 36, sec. 6, p. 61; am. 2016, ch. 289, sec. 17, p. 819.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5732A - DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY AUTHORIZED.

67-5732A. DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY AUTHORIZED. Whenever the head of any commission, board, council, task force, committee or department of state government, or any institution of the state, or any elected state official, has under their jurisdiction or control, any personal property belonging to the state which, in their judgment, is of no further use to the state or to such commission, board, council, task force, committee, department, institution or state office, they may sell, transfer, recycle or discard such personal property in the name of the state and in accordance with the internal management policies and procedures of the board of examiners. The board of examiners shall adopt internal management policies and procedures for the disposal of state surplus personal property to efficiently dispose of surplus personal property, to allow conveyance of surplus personal property to other state, federal and local agencies, to offer state surplus personal property for sale to the public at large and to provide for maximum value received by the state of Idaho with attendant benefits to its citizens. Provided that when sales will be offered to the public and sold to the highest responsible bidder, notice of such sale shall be published in at least a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with section 60-106, Idaho Code, for at least two (2) weeks prior to such offering.
History:
[67-5732A, added 1991, ch. 158, sec. 7, p. 377; am. 2003, ch. 31, sec. 3, p. 115; am. 2011, ch. 59, sec. 1, p. 123.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5732B - GOVERNOR’S HOUSING COMMITTEE PERSONAL PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM ACT.

67-5732B. GOVERNOR’S HOUSING COMMITTEE PERSONAL PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM ACT. Section 67-5732A, Idaho Code, shall not apply to personal property if acquired by or on behalf of the governor’s housing committee pursuant to section 67-455 or 67-455A, Idaho Code, as the same now exists or may from time to time be amended. This section shall apply to all personal property acquired pursuant to section 67-455 or 67-455A, Idaho Code, before or after the effective date of this section.
History:
[67-5732B, added 1999, ch. 336, sec. 4, p. 915.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5737 - SEVERABILITY.

67-5737. SEVERABILITY. Insofar as a provision of this chapter or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter.
History:
[67-5737, added 1975, ch. 254, sec. 2, p. 686; am. 2016, ch. 289, sec. 18, p. 819.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5741 - DELEGATION OF DUTIES — BONDING OF AGENCY PERSONNEL.

67-5741. DELEGATION OF DUTIES — BONDING OF AGENCY PERSONNEL. The director of the department of administration may delegate to any employees of the division of purchasing such authority as he deems reasonable and proper for the effective administration of this act. The director may utilize the services of officers and employees of any of the state departments and any other governmental agencies of the state receiving surplus property under the provisions of this act, and all such departments and agencies are hereby authorized to assist and cooperate with the director in the administration of this act. Any person in the employ of the division of purchasing agency may in the discretion of the governor be required to execute and deliver to the governor a bond payable to the state in such amount as may be fixed by the governor, conditioned upon the proper care, disbursement, and accounting of all funds and the proper care, distribution, and accounting of all property received from the United States under the authority of this act; provided, however, the governor may accept an adequate indemnity bond covering all or part of the persons so accountable and responsible.
History:
[67-5741, added I.C., sec. 67-5741, as added by 1974, ch. 34, sec. 2, p. 988.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5742 - DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE SURPLUS PROPERTY.

67-5742. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE SURPLUS PROPERTY. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the governing board, or in case there be none, the executive head, of any state department, instrumentality, or agency or of any county, city, school district or other political subdivision may by order or resolution confer upon any officer or employee thereof continuing authority from time to time to secure the transfer to it of surplus property under this act and to obligate the state or political subdivision to the extent necessary to comply with the terms and conditions of such transfers. The authority conferred upon any such officer or employee by any such order or resolution shall remain in effect unless and until the order or resolution is duly revoked and written notice of such revocation shall have been received by the administrator of the division of purchasing.
History:
[67-5742, added I.C., sec. 67-5742, as added by 1974, ch. 34, sec. 2, p. 988.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5743 - TRANSFER CHARGES.

67-5743. TRANSFER CHARGES. The administrator of the division of purchasing is hereby authorized to make charges and to assess fees from the recipient of any surplus property acquired and distributed under this act. Any charges made or fees assessed by the administrator for the acquisition, warehousing, distribution, or transfer of any property of the United States of America for educational, public health or civil defense purposes, including research, shall be limited to those reasonably related to the costs of care and handling in respect to its acquisition, receipt, warehousing, distribution or transfer by the surplus property agency and, in the case of real property, such charges and fees shall be limited to the reasonable administrative costs of the division incurred in effecting transfer.
History:
[67-5743, added I.C., sec. 67-5743, as added by 1974, ch. 34, sec. 2, p. 988.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5744 - SURPLUS PROPERTY FUND MAINTAINED — CHARGES AND FEES, DEPOSITION.

67-5744. SURPLUS PROPERTY FUND MAINTAINED — CHARGES AND FEES, DEPOSITION. The surplus property revolving fund, as created by chapter 161, laws of 1957, is hereby maintained and continued to carry out the provisions of sections 67-5740—67-5744, Idaho Code. The charges or fees received by the division of purchasing for acquisition, warehousing, distribution or transfer of surplus property shall be deposited and credited to the said surplus property revolving fund, which fund shall be available for expenditure in administering the provisions of sections 67-5740—67-5744, Idaho Code, including payment of the actual expenses of current operations and the purchase of necessary equipment, and the acquisition and maintenance of a working capital reserve within the surplus property revolving fund. Any prior appropriation made to the revolving fund is hereby declared to be exempt from the provisions of the Standard Appropriations Act of 1945.
The amount of the working capital reserve in any fiscal year shall be determined by the director of the department of administration and shall not exceed an amount equivalent to the estimated cost of operation of the surplus property function of the division for the next succeeding fiscal year; provided, however, that accounts receivable which are uncollectible and all liabilities incurred in the performance of sections 67-5740—67-5744, Idaho Code, including the unrepaid balance of the amount heretofore appropriated to the surplus property revolving fund from the general fund of the state of Idaho, shall be deducted from current assets in determining, as of the end of any fiscal year, the amount of working capital reserve for the next succeeding fiscal year.
In any fiscal year the director of administration may transfer from the surplus property revolving fund to the general fund of the state of Idaho any sum not exceeding the unrepaid balance of the amount heretofore appropriated to the surplus property revolving fund. Upon termination or repeal of sections 67-5740—67-5744, Idaho Code, any balance remaining in said revolving fund not exceeding the unrepaid balance of the amount heretofore appropriated to the surplus property revolving fund is hereby transferred to and made a part of the general fund of the state, and any balance remaining in the said revolving fund in excess of the said unrepaid balance shall be disposed for the benefit of qualified public health, educational, civil defense, and other organizations or institutions within the state of Idaho in accordance with the requirements of federal law.
History:
[67-5744, added I.C., sec. 67-5744, as added by 1974, ch. 34, sec. 2, p. 988; am. 1994, ch. 176, sec. 9, p. 412.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5746 - INVENTORY OF CHATTELS — CONTENTS — DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES — RECORDING — ANNUAL REVISION — OPEN TO INSPECTION.

67-5746. INVENTORY OF CHATTELS — CONTENTS — DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES — RECORDING — ANNUAL REVISION — OPEN TO INSPECTION. All agency directors shall develop and maintain an inventory system, meeting minimum requirements as set forth by the department of administration, for all personal property which the agency owns or is responsible for whether under terms of any contract, grant, or otherwise.
To maintain uniformity among the various agency property inventory systems, the department of administration shall develop and distribute to each agency minimum requirements for each inventory system. Each agency shall feel free to add additional functions beyond those minimums to meet their requirements. The inventory shall be recorded in a permanent record to be kept for that purpose, showing as a minimum a description of the property, where located, acquisition cost or estimated fair market value, and date of acquisition, its estimated current replacement cost, and the account or unit within the responsible agency. Each agency may add additional functions beyond these minimums to meet their agency requirements.
Each state agency director shall be accountable for the maintenance, security, and efficient economic use, as well as the verification of physical location and condition of all personal property belonging to that agency.
The agency director shall be responsible for conducting an annual inventory of all personal property by no later than the first day of March of each fiscal year. Further, each agency director shall make a written report to the director of the department of administration that the inventory has been completed by the end of the first week of March of each year on a form developed by and under such guidelines as are issued by the department of administration.
The department of administration shall provide all agencies with an inflation factor for property in early January of each year to assist agency directors in discharging the responsibility set forth herein.
Each agency director may appoint a property control officer who shall be responsible for conducting the annual inventory of agency property. The property control officer shall also be responsible for ensuring the prompt recording of newly acquired property and the economical disposition of surplus property in a timely manner. The property control officer shall periodically review the values of property for reasonableness.
The agency director shall have the authority to dispose of surplus property in accordance with the provisions of section 67-5732A, Idaho Code.
History:
[67-5746, added I.C., sec. 67-5746, as added by 1974, ch. 34, sec. 2, p. 988; am. 1976, ch. 27, sec. 1, p. 62; am. 1979, ch. 23, sec. 1, p. 34; am. 1983, ch. 28, sec. 1, p. 78; am. 1991, ch. 158, sec. 11, p. 379.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5748 - TRANSFER OF FUNDS, EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, AND EMPLOYEES.

67-5748. TRANSFER OF FUNDS, EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, AND EMPLOYEES. In order to provide for the orderly implementation of this chapter and to provide an economical, efficient, and effective system of information technology and telecommunications for the state, the board of examiners may order such transfer of appropriated funds, custody and control of equipment and facilities, and employees to the department of administration as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.
History:
[67-5748, added I.C., sec. 67-5748, as added by 1974, ch. 34, sec. 2, p. 988; am. 1993, ch. 221, sec. 6, p. 750; am. 1996, ch. 115, sec. 3, p. 426.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5749 - CENTRAL POSTAL SYSTEM.

67-5749. CENTRAL POSTAL SYSTEM. There is hereby created the central postal system under the direction of the department of administration. The central postal system shall be under the supervision of a central postal system head who shall cause to be distributed all incoming mail and process all outgoing mail for all departments, agencies, institutions and offices of the state of Idaho which are housed and located within the capitol mall.
The department of administration is authorized to add such personnel and to acquire such postal equipment as may be necessary to efficiently operate the central postal system.
History:
[67-5749, added I.C., sec. 67-5749, as added by 1974, ch. 34, sec. 2, p. 988.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5750 - POSTAGE APPROPRIATIONS — RECORDS OF DEPARTMENTAL MAIL KEPT THROUGH CENTRAL POSTAL SYSTEM — EXCEPTION.

67-5750. POSTAGE APPROPRIATIONS — RECORDS OF DEPARTMENTAL MAIL KEPT THROUGH CENTRAL POSTAL SYSTEM — EXCEPTION. The central postal system chief, under the direction of the department of administration, shall cause to be metered all such outgoing mail and shall be responsible for the keeping of records and costs thereof, and shall be able to at least monthly certify to the state controller the amount expended on behalf of each department, agency or institution directly utilizing the central postal system, which amount shall be charged against the funds of such department, agency or institution and continually appropriated to the account of the department of administration for the operation of the central postal system. Those agencies which expend funds for stamps and metered postage directly shall make expenditure reports available to the department of administration at least semiannually. The department of administration shall annually submit in the department budget request an accounting of the total cost of postage to the state, as well as the calculated savings and the methods through which such savings were derived. The central postal system chief is hereby directed to evaluate materials to be mailed and shall cause mail to be properly prepared utilizing the lowest practical and most feasible rate of postage. Provided, however, that each member of the legislature of the state of Idaho shall be issued United States postage for each session attended, in an amount determined by each session of the legislature to be charged to the legislative expense appropriation.
History:
[67-5750, added I.C., sec. 67-5750, as added by 1974, ch. 34, sec. 2, p. 988; am. 1974, ch. 192, sec. 1, p. 1500; am. 1980, ch. 45, sec. 1, p. 75; am. 1981, ch. 77, sec. 2, p. 110; am. 1994, ch. 180, sec. 223, p. 559.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5760 - INSURANCE MANAGEMENT.

67-5760. INSURANCE MANAGEMENT. The director of the department of administration shall be responsible for life, medical, disability, property, casualty, and other insurance as may be determined to be in the best interest of the state of Idaho by the department of administration. The director may employ additional personnel as may be necessary and may contract for professional or technical services or assistance when necessary and desirable.
History:
[67-5760, added 1980, ch. 106, sec. 9, p. 234; am. 1993, ch. 221, sec. 7, p. 751.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5761A - MENTAL HEALTH PARITY IN STATE GROUP INSURANCE.

67-5761A. MENTAL HEALTH PARITY IN STATE GROUP INSURANCE. (1) It is the policy of the state of Idaho that state employees and their spouses with serious mental illnesses and state employees whose children have been diagnosed with serious emotional disturbances must not be discriminated against in group health care service coverages. Such coverages must provide for the treatment of serious mental illnesses and serious emotional disturbances in a manner that is equitable and commensurate with that provided for other major physical illnesses.
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Serious mental illness" means any of the following psychiatric illnesses as defined by the American psychiatric association in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-IV-TR):
(i) Schizophrenia;
(ii) Paranoia and other psychotic disorders;
(iii) Bipolar disorders (mixed, manic and depressive);
(iv) Major depressive disorders (single episode or recurrent);
(v) Schizoaffective disorders (bipolar or depressive);
(vi) Panic disorders; and
(vii) Obsessive-compulsive disorders.
(b) "Serious emotional disturbance" means "serious emotional disturbance" as defined in section 16-2403, Idaho Code.
(3) To be considered nondiscriminatory and equitable under this section, group health care service coverage shall provide benefits and cover services that are essential to the effective treatment of serious mental illnesses and serious emotional disturbances in a manner that:
(a) Is not more restrictive or more generous than benefits and coverages provided for other major illnesses;
(b) Provides clinical care, but does not require partial care, of serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance; and
(c) Is consistent with effective and common methods of controlling health care costs for other major illnesses.
History:
[67-5761A, added 2006, ch. 97, sec. 2, p. 272.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5761B - STATE CONTRIBUTION TO STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.

67-5761B. STATE CONTRIBUTION TO STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. (1) All state officers or employees may, for themselves and their eligible dependents, create and maintain a health savings account and choose a high deductible health plan in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Employer premium" means the costs to the state of Idaho for a policy of group insurance procured by the department of administration.
(b) "Health savings account" means an account at a financial institution that is designed to help individuals save for future health care expenses pursuant to 26 U.S.C. section 223.
(c) "High deductible health plan" means a health plan qualifying for use with a health savings account pursuant to 26 U.S.C. section 223, and offered by the department of administration to eligible state officers and employees.
(3) State officers or employees who choose a high deductible health plan for themselves and their eligible dependents shall qualify for the deposits provided for in subsection (4) of this section. Such officers or employees shall establish and create a health savings account and provide information concerning such account to their employer.
(4) For each pay period, the employer shall deposit no more than the difference between the employer premium for a state of Idaho high deductible health plan and the employer premium of the lowest deductible group health plan offered by the department of administration in the health savings account established and created by an officer or employee enrolled in a state of Idaho high deductible health plan. Deposits made pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed the United States internal revenue service’s maximum allowable contribution to a health savings account.
(5) Nothing in this section shall prohibit state officers or employees with a health savings account from contributing to such account of their own accord.
(6) The department of administration may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.
History:
[67-5761B, added 2013, ch. 213, sec. 2, p. 502; am. 2022, ch. 57, sec. 1, p. 179.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5761C - HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.

67-5761C. HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES. (1) The department of administration may offer a health reimbursement arrangement as an approved benefit for all state employees or officers whose employer chooses to offer such a benefit to its employees or officers. All state employees or officers shall, for themselves and their eligible dependents, participate in a health reimbursement arrangement if the employer of such employees and officers chooses to offer the health reimbursement arrangement.
(2) For purposes of this section:
(a) "Health reimbursement arrangement" means an arrangement whereby employees may reimburse themselves for health care costs approved by the internal revenue service from a tax-exempt employee benefit trust known as a voluntary employees’ beneficiary association.
(b) "Voluntary employees’ beneficiary association" (VEBA) means a tax-exempt employee benefit trust governed under section 501(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code. A VEBA trust is managed by trustees elected by the employee members of the trust.
(3) The department of administration may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.
History:
[67-5761C, added 2014, ch. 94, sec. 1, p. 261.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5762 - OBJECTIVES AND CONSIDERATIONS.

67-5762. OBJECTIVES AND CONSIDERATIONS. It shall be the director of the department of administration’s objective to procure and maintain on behalf of officers and employees the most adequate group coverages reasonably obtainable for the money available for required premiums and prepayments. In the selection of insurers and health care service organizations to provide such coverages, the director shall give consideration to factors, other than lowest apparent premium or prepayment, such as risk retention, reserves, extent to which the insurer or organization will facilitate administration, and to its reputation and record for promptness and fairness in the treatment of claims, as well as to its financial dependability.
History:
[(67-5762) 1974, ch. 253, sec. 5, p. 1656; am. and redesig. 1980, ch. 106, sec. 11, p. 236; am. 1993, ch. 221, sec. 9, p. 752.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5763 - GOVERNMENTAL BODY AUTHORIZED TO MAKE CONTRACTS FOR GROUP INSURANCE FOR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.

67-5763. GOVERNMENTAL BODY AUTHORIZED TO MAKE CONTRACTS FOR GROUP INSURANCE FOR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. Any school district, municipality, county, or the state of Idaho, or other political subdivision of the state of Idaho, is hereby authorized to make contracts of group insurance and arrangements with prepayment plans, insuring and covering life, health, hospitalization, medical and surgical service and expense, accident insurance, contracts of annuities and pensions, or any one or more of such forms of insurance, annuities, pensions, or prepayment plans of coverage for the benefit of its elected or appointed officers and employees including life, hospitalization, medical and surgical expense insurance or prepayment plan coverage for dependents of such officers and employees.
History:
[(67-5763) 1959, ch. 216, sec. 1, p. 471; am. 1974, ch. 253, sec. 10, p. 1656; am. and redesig 1980, ch. 106, sec. 12, p. 236.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5764 - PART PAYMENT OF PREMIUM COST BY GOVERNMENTAL BODY.

67-5764. PART PAYMENT OF PREMIUM COST BY GOVERNMENTAL BODY. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any governmental body, department, commission, board, school district, college, university, hospital, or other institution operated by the state of Idaho, municipality, county, or other political subdivision or the state of Idaho, and supported in whole or in part by public funds, is hereby authorized to pay part of the cost of any such plan of insurance, annuity, pension, and/or prepayment plan, and may deduct from the officer’s or employee’s pay, salary, or compensation such part of the premium or charge payable by the officer or employee.
History:
[(67-5764) 1959, ch. 216, sec. 2, p. 471; am. and redesig. 1980, ch. 106, sec. 13, p. 236.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5765 - GOVERNMENT RETIREMENT PROGRAM OR GROUP INSURANCE PLANS IN EXISTENCE UNAFFECTED.

67-5765. GOVERNMENT RETIREMENT PROGRAM OR GROUP INSURANCE PLANS IN EXISTENCE UNAFFECTED. The provisions of this act shall not affect the validity of any retirement program or contract of group insurance or arrangement for prepayment plan coverage previously entered into by any governmental body, or by any school, college, university, hospital or other institutions operated by any of the municipalities, counties, or other political subdivisions of the state and supported in whole or part by public funds.
History:
[(67-5765) 1959, ch. 216, sec. 3, p. 471; am. and redesig 1980, ch. 106, sec. 14, p. 237.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5766 - AUTHORITY CONFERRED ADDITIONAL ONLY.

67-5766. AUTHORITY CONFERRED ADDITIONAL ONLY. The authority hereby given shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any power existing in any governmental body, or in any school district, college, hospital, university or other institution operated by any of the municipalities or other political subdivisions of the state and supported in whole or in part by public funds, or in any municipality, school district, or political subdivision of the state under the provisions of any statute or any charter now in effect.
History:
[(67-5766) 1959, ch. 216, sec. 4, p. 471; am. and redesig. 1980, ch. 106, sec. 15, p. 237.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5767 - DIRECTOR MAY PROVIDE SERVICE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGES, PUBLIC COLLEGES, PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.

67-5767. DIRECTOR MAY PROVIDE SERVICE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGES, PUBLIC COLLEGES, PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. (1) Under terms and procedures mutually agreed upon by contract, the director of the department of administration may render the same services with respect to personnel of any school district, public community college, public college, public university, or other political subdivision of the state of Idaho. The cost of any group insurance, group annuity or health care service coverage so provided and of administration thereof shall be borne by the school district, public community college, public college, public university, or other political subdivision.
(2) Other political subdivision for the purpose of this section means any organization composed of units of government of Idaho or organizations funded only by government or government employee contributions or organizations who discharge governmental responsibilities that would otherwise be performed by government.
History:
[(67-5767) 1974, ch. 253, sec. 3, p. 1656; am. 1978, ch. 161, sec. 1, p. 350; am. and redesig. 1980, ch. 106, sec. 16, p. 237; am. 1993, ch. 221, sec. 10, p. 753; am. 2009, ch. 148, sec. 1, p. 438.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5768 - NOMINAL POLICYHOLDER — NO OBLIGATION TO STATE.

67-5768. NOMINAL POLICYHOLDER — NO OBLIGATION TO STATE. (1) In policies and contracts procured by the director of the department of administration under this act and covering personnel of any state office, department, division, board, commission, institution, agency and operation, the director of the department of administration shall be designated as the nominal policyholder or contract holder.
(2) No policy or contract shall create, or be deemed to constitute, any financial obligation on the part of the state of Idaho beyond the obligation, to contribute for or upon current premiums or prepayments thereof.
(3) Except as hereinafter provided, information obtained from any employee, dependent or retiree insured under this act shall be subject to disclosure according to chapter 1, title 74, Idaho Code; provided however, that if the affected employee, dependent or retiree waives in writing the right to hold such information confidential, said information may be disclosed.
History:
[67-5768, added 1974, ch. 253, sec. 4, p. 1656; am. and redesig. 1980, ch. 106, sec. 17, p. 237; am. 1983, ch. 29, sec. 1, p. 79; am. 1990, ch. 213, sec. 97, p. 557; am. 1993, ch. 221, sec. 11, p. 753.; am. 2015, ch. 141, sec. 181, p. 525.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5769 - INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TRANSACTIONS — ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRIBUTION — AMOUNTS — LIMITS — REFUNDS — APPROPRIATION.

67-5769. INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TRANSACTIONS — ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRIBUTION — AMOUNTS — LIMITS — REFUNDS — APPROPRIATION. (1) The director of the department of administration shall charge each office, department, division, board, commission, institution, agency and operation, personnel of which is currently covered under one or more group plans administered by the director, and receive payment in advance for its properly apportioned share of the cost thereof. To the amount otherwise so found due for payment of premiums and prepayments for coverages, the director shall add a separately stated administrative contribution of such percentage, rate, or proportionate amount as may reasonably be required to pay the costs of maintaining the office of group insurance, including personnel costs, operating expenditures, and expenditures for capital outlay items. The director shall allocate the apportioned share of the reasonable costs of administering this act to each participating state unit in the same proportion that the amount of employees of the unit, excluding temporary or part time, bears to the total number of employees, excluding temporary or part time, of all combined units covered by this act.
(2) As to a particular office, department, division, board, commission, institution, agency or operation, such charges and payments shall not exceed the sum of (a) appropriated funds currently available for the purpose, and (b) amounts currently deducted from the salaries and other compensation of covered personnel specifically for the insurance or coverage. On or before the first day of August of each year, the director shall furnish each department with an estimate of the cost of insurance or coverage for the upcoming fiscal year.
(3) Refunds on premiums or prepayments, profit sharing, experience savings and refunds and other contract returns received by the director on account of group policies and group contracts shall be retained by the director and used for application upon future premiums and prepayments as equitably apportioned by the director.
(4) Moneys received by the director under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the group insurance account in the agency asset fund, and are hereby continually appropriated for the uses for which charged and received, or as stated in subsection (3) of this section. Pending such use, such surplus moneys shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as provided for under section 67-1210, Idaho Code, with respect to other idle moneys in the state treasury. All interest or other yield on such investments shall be credited to the respective group insurance account.
History:
[(67-5769) 1974, ch. 253, sec. 6, p. 1656; am. 1975, ch. 55, sec. 1, p. 117; am. and redesig. 1980, ch. 106, sec. 18, p. 238; am. 1993, ch. 221, sec. 12, p. 753.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5770 - RETIREMENT SYSTEM NOT AFFECTED.

67-5770. RETIREMENT SYSTEM NOT AFFECTED. Nothing in this act shall apply to or affect the public employee retirement system of Idaho as established under chapter 13, title 59, Idaho Code, the policemen’s retirement fund as established under chapter 15, title 50, Idaho Code, the firemen’s retirement fund as established under chapter 14, title 72, Idaho Code, the judges retirement fund as established under chapter 20, title 1, Idaho Code, or the retirement system of the department of employment as established under chapter 13, title 72, Idaho Code, as heretofore or hereafter amended or supplemented.
Provided, however, for the purpose of standardizing retirement benefits for all county employees, any county not participating in the public employee retirement system of Idaho on July 1, 1977 shall apply for membership in said system no later than July 1, 1978, in accordance with the provisions of section 59-1309, Idaho Code. Any existing retirement program, shall be terminated prior to the date of entry into the public employee retirement system of Idaho.
History:
[(67-5770) 1974, ch. 253, sec. 7, p. 1656; am. 1977, ch. 161, sec. 1, p. 417; am. and redesig. 1980, ch. 106, sec. 19, p. 239.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5771 - GROUP INSURANCE ACCOUNT CREATED — ADMINISTRATION — PERPETUAL APPROPRIATION.

67-5771. GROUP INSURANCE ACCOUNT CREATED — ADMINISTRATION — PERPETUAL APPROPRIATION. There is hereby established in the agency asset fund in the state treasury a special account, the "Group Insurance Account," which shall be administered exclusively for the purposes of this act. This account shall consist of all contributions collected pursuant to this act, and all interest earned upon any moneys in the account.
History:
[(67-5771) I.C., sec. 59-1213, as added by 1975, ch. 55, sec. 2, p. 117; am. and redesig. 1980, ch. 106, sec. 20, p. 239; am. 1981, ch. 99, sec. 1, p. 145; am. 1993, ch. 221, sec. 13, p. 754.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5771A - PUBLIC SCHOOL HEALTH INSURANCE PARTICIPATION FUND.

67-5771A. PUBLIC SCHOOL HEALTH INSURANCE PARTICIPATION FUND. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the public school health insurance participation fund. The fund is continuously appropriated to the state department of education for the purpose of funding the actuarially established onetime amount required for a public school to buy in to the state’s medical and dental group insurance plan. The fund shall consist of moneys made available through legislative transfers, appropriations, or as otherwise provided by law and shall be available for use only to publicly funded K-12 educational institutions. Interest earnings from the investment of moneys in the fund shall be returned to the fund.
(2) All moneys in the fund shall be used only for onetime expenses associated with accommodating participation into the state’s health plan as set forth in this section. The state department of education shall make payment or payments to the office of group insurance for this purpose within a reasonable time of participants being identified. If demand exceeds available funds, the state department of education shall administer the fund on a first-come, first-served basis. No funds may be expended prior to July 1, 2022, and any unexpended moneys remaining in the fund after June 30, 2025, shall be transferred by the state controller to the public education stabilization fund. If the public education stabilization fund is fully funded, then remaining funds shall be transferred to the general fund.
History:
[67-5771A, added 2022, ch. 3, sec. 1, p. 7; am. 2023, ch. 240, sec. 1, p. 739.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5772 - REMITTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS — COLLECTION OF DELINQUENCIES.

67-5772. REMITTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS — COLLECTION OF DELINQUENCIES. (1) Between the first and twentieth day of each month, each employer, or, where the employer’s payroll is paid separately by departments, each department of each employer, shall remit to the director of the department of administration all contributions required of it and its employees on the basis of salaries paid by it during the previous month. These remittances shall be accompanied by such reports as required by rules of the director of the department of administration.
(2) If any employer shall fail or refuse to remit any such contributions within thirty (30) days after the date due, the director of the department of administration may certify to the state treasurer the fact of such failure or refusal and the amount of the delinquent contribution or contributions, together with a request that such amount be set over from funds of the delinquent employer to the credit of the group insurance fund. A copy of such certification and request shall be furnished the delinquent employer.
(3) Within ten (10) days after receipt of such request, the state controller shall draw his warrant for payment of such amount out of moneys in the state treasury allocated to the use of such employer during the current fiscal year. If such moneys are not so available, the director of the department of administration shall take any legal steps necessary to collect such amount.
History:
[(67-5772) I.C., sec. 59-1214, as added by 1975, ch. 55, sec. 3, p. 117; am. and redesig. 1980, ch. 106, sec. 21, p. 240; am. 1993, ch. 221, sec. 14, p. 755; am. 1994, ch. 180, sec. 224, p. 560.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5773 - POWERS AND DUTIES — RISK MANAGEMENT.

67-5773. POWERS AND DUTIES — RISK MANAGEMENT. (1) The director of the department of administration shall:
(a) Determine the nature and extent of needs for surety bonds and insurance coverages of all kinds, other than life and disability insurances, as to risks and property of all offices, departments, divisions, boards, commissions, institutions, agencies, officers, agents, employees, and operations of the government of the state of Idaho, the premiums on which are payable in whole or in part from funds of the state.
(b) Determine the character, terms, and amounts of coverage required by such needs.
(c) Within funds available therefor from each respective office, department, division, board, commission, institution, agency or operation with respect to coverage to be provided to it, negotiate for, procure, purchase, and have placed or continued in effect all such coverages and services as may reasonably be obtainable, whether from insurers or brokers duly authorized to transact business in this state.
(d) Administer all such coverages on behalf of the insured, including making and settlement of loss claims arising thereunder. The director, with the advice of the attorney general, may cause suit to be brought with respect to any such coverage or loss.
(e) Within available funds and personnel, make periodic inspection or appraisal of premises, property and risks as to conditions affecting insurability, risk, and premium rate and submit a written report of each such inspection or appraisal together with recommendations, if any, to the officer, department, or agency in direct charge of such premises, property or risks.
(f) Perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as are provided by law.
(g) Establish a risk management advisory committee. The director shall consult with the advisory committee in the performance of those duties enumerated in this subsection.
(2) As to all such needs and coverages, the director shall give due consideration to information furnished by and recommendations of any office, department, division, board, commission, institution or agency.
History:
[(67-5773) I.C., sec. 67-5754, as added by 1974, ch. 252, sec. 3, p. 1647; I.C., sec. 67-5755, as corrected by 1975, ch. 195, sec. 2, p. 540; am. and redesig. 1980, ch. 106, sec. 22, p. 240; am. and redesig. 1993, ch. 221, sec. 15, p. 755.; am. 2021, ch. 42, sec. 7, p. 126.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5774 - POSITION OF RISK MANAGER CREATED — APPOINTMENT — EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL.

67-5774. POSITION OF RISK MANAGER CREATED — APPOINTMENT — EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL. There is hereby created the position of risk manager in the department of administration. The risk manager shall be selected and retained subject to the provision of chapter 53, title 67, Idaho Code. The risk manager may, with the agreement of the director, employ and fix the compensation of such additional personnel, and contract for such professional or technical services or assistance, as the manager may deem necessary or desirable for the performance of the duties of the position.
History:
[(67-5774) I.C., sec. 67-5753, as added by 1974, ch. 252, sec. 2, p. 1647; I.C., sec. 67-5754, as corrected by 1975, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 540; am. and redesig. 1980, ch. 106, sec. 23, p. 241; am. 1993, ch. 221, sec. 16, p. 756.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5775 - RISK MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES.

67-5775. RISK MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES. In determining need for, form and amount of, procuring and administering insurance coverages, the director of the department of administration shall give due consideration to:
(1) omission of insurance policy coverage as to property and risks as to which insurance and claim administration costs may be disproportionately great in reference to the amount of risk;
(2) ultimate economies possible through use of reasonable deductions;
(3) use of comprehensive coverages and blanket coverages insuring property and risks of two (2) or more offices, departments, divisions, boards, commissions, institutions and agencies;
(4) reliability of and service provided by insurers to be selected as insurance carriers, as well as financial condition and competitive premium rate;
(5) means through which risks may be improved with ultimate savings to the state through reduction in insurance losses and costs.
History:
[(67-5775) I.C., sec. 67-5755, as added by 1974, ch. 252, sec. 4, p. 1647; I.C., sec. 67-5756, as corrected by 1975, ch. 195, sec. 3, p. 540; am. and redeig. 1980, ch. 106, sec. 24, p. 241; am. 1993, ch. 221, sec. 17, p. 756.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS › Chapter 57 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION › Section 67-5776 - RETAINED RISKS ACCOUNT — PURPOSES — AMOUNT — LIMIT — APPROPRIATION — INVESTMENT.

67-5776. RETAINED RISKS ACCOUNT — PURPOSES — AMOUNT — LIMIT — APPROPRIATION — INVESTMENT. (1) There is hereby created an account in the agency asset fund in the state treasury to be designated the "retained risk account." The account shall be used solely for payment of premiums, costs of maintaining the operation of the risk management office, or upon losses not otherwise insured and suffered by the state as to property and risks which at the time of the loss were eligible for such payment under guidelines theretofore issued by the director of the department of administration.
(2) In addition to moneys, if any, appropriated to the account by the legislature, the director shall deposit with the state treasurer for credit to the retained risk account:
(a) the gross amount of all premiums and surcharges received under section 67-5777, Idaho Code;
(b) all refunds received on account of insurance policies canceled before expiration;
(c) all refunds or returns under experience rating arrangements with insurers;
(d) savings from amounts otherwise appropriated for the purchase of insurance or conduct of the risk management office operation;
(e) all net proceeds of the sale of salvage resulting from losses paid out of the retained risk account.
(3) The director may from time to time develop guidelines as to properties and risks eligible for payment out of the retained risk account, and as to making of claim and proof of loss.
(4) All moneys placed in the account are hereby perpetually appropriated for the purposes of this section. All expenditures from the account shall be paid out in warrants drawn by the state controller upon presentation of proper vouchers from the director of the department of administration.
(5) Pending such use, surplus moneys in the account shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as provided under section 67-1210, Idaho Code, with respect to other surplus or idle moneys in the state treasury. Interest earned on the investments shall be returned to the account.
History:
[(67-5776) I.C., sec. 67-5756, as added by 1974, ch. 252, sec. 5, p. 1647; I.C., sec. 67-5757, as corrected by 1975, ch. 195, sec. 4, p. 540; am. and redesig. 1980, ch. 106, sec. 25, p. 242; am. 1981, ch. 99, sec. 2, p. 146; am. 1993, ch. 221, sec. 18, p. 757; am. 1994, ch. 180, sec. 225, p. 560.]