2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 8. Group Insurance for Public Employees › 5-10-8-1. Definitions

Sec. 1. The following definitions apply in this chapter:
(1) "Employee" means:
(A) an elected or appointed officer or official, or a full-time employee;
(B) if the individual is employed by a school corporation, a full-time or part-time employee;
(C) for a local unit public employer, a full-time or part-time employee or a person who provides personal services to the unit under contract during the contract period; or
(D) a senior judge appointed under IC 33-24-3-7;
whose services have continued without interruption at least thirty (30) days.
(2) "Group insurance" means any of the kinds of insurance fulfilling the definitions and requirements of group insurance contained in IC 27-1.
(3) "INPRS" refers to the Indiana public retirement system established by IC 5-10.5-2-1.
(4) "Insurance" means insurance upon or in relation to human life in all its forms, including life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance, accident insurance, hospitalization insurance, surgery insurance, medical insurance, and supplemental medical insurance.
(5) "Local unit" includes a city, town, county, township, public library, municipal corporation (as defined in IC 5-10-9-1), school corporation, or charter school.
(6) "New traditional plan" means a self-insurance program established under section 7(b) of this chapter to provide health care coverage.
(7) "Public employer" means the state or a local unit, including any board, commission, department, division, authority, institution, establishment, facility, or governmental unit under the supervision of either, having a payroll in relation to persons it immediately employs, even if it is not a separate taxing unit. With respect to the legislative branch of government, "public employer" or "employer" refers to the following:
(A) The president pro tempore of the senate, with respect to former members or employees of the senate.
(B) The speaker of the house, with respect to former members or employees of the house of representatives.
(C) The legislative council, with respect to former employees of the legislative services agency.
(8) "Public employer" does not include a state educational institution.
(9) "Retired employee" means:
(A) in the case of a public employer that participates in the public employees' retirement fund, a former employee who qualifies for a benefit under IC 5-10.3-8 or IC 5-10.2-4;
(B) in the case of a public employer that participates in the teachers' retirement fund under IC 5-10.4, a former employee who qualifies for a benefit under IC 5-10.4-5; and
(C) in the case of any other public employer, a former employee who meets the requirements established by the public employer for participation in a group insurance plan for retired employees.
(10) "Retirement date" means the date that the employee has chosen to receive retirement benefits from the employees' retirement fund.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 4-15-5-1; 19-10-4-1.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.41. Amended by P.L.39-1986, SEC.1; P.L.56-1989, SEC.1; P.L.39-1990, SEC.1; P.L.40-1990, SEC.1; P.L.233-1999, SEC.1; P.L.50-2000, SEC.1; P.L.13-2001, SEC.7; P.L.98-2004, SEC.65; P.L.2-2006, SEC.14; P.L.2-2007, SEC.81; P.L.194-2007, SEC.1; P.L.91-2011, SEC.1; P.L.108-2019, SEC.83.