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(11) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this article,

any person [retired from membership IN] who receives his retire-
ment annuity through the Teachers' Retirement System of the State

of Maryland, may, at his option, elect to have the premium or any

part thereof, for [State approved] medical insurance participated

in by the State of Maryland, the City of Baltimore, or any of the
counties for [retired state] teachers [,] retired from employment

by the State of Maryland, the City of Baltimore, or any of the
counties, deducted from his annuity by the Teachers' Retirement

System and paid on his behalf to the carrier so approved RE-

TURNED TO THE CITY OF BALTIMORE OR ANY OF THE
COUNTIES FOR PAYMENT ON HIS BEHALF TO THE CAR-
RIER SO APPROVED. However, neither the Teachers' Retirement

System of the State of Maryland nor any other state agency or

instrumentality shall be otherwise responsible for the payment of
any part of the premium for the above-mentioned medical insurance

(11) NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CON-
TRARY IN THIS ARTICLE, ANY PERSON RETIRED FROM
MEMBERSHIP IN THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, MAY, AT HIS OPTION,
ELECT TO HAVE THE PREMIUM OR ANY PART THEREOF,
FOR STATE-APPROVED MEDICAL INSURANCE FOR RE-
TIRED STATE TEACHERS, DEDUCTED FROM HIS ANNUITY
BY THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND PAID ON
HIS BEHALF TO THE CARRIER SO APPROVED.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN
THIS ARTICLE, ANY PERSON WHO RECEIVES HIS RETIRE-
MENT ANNUITY THROUGH THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT
SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND MAY, AT HIS OP-
TION, ELECT TO HAVE THE PREMIUM OR ANY PART
THEREOF, FOR LOCALLY APPROVED MEDICAL INSUR-
ANCE PARTICIPATED IN BY THE CITY OF BALTIMORE OR
ANY OF THE COUNTIES FOR TEACHERS RETIRED FROM
EMPLOYMENT BY BALTIMORE CITY OR ANY OF THE
COUNTIES, DEDUCTED FROM HIS ANNUITY BY THE
TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND RETURNED TO
THE APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION FOR PAYMENT ON HIS
BEHALF TO THE CARRIER SO APPROVED. HOWEVER,
NEITHER THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE
STATE OF MARYLAND NOR ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY
OR INSTRUMENTALITY SHALL BE OTHERWISE RESPON-
SIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY PART OF THE PREMIUM
FOR THE ABOVE-MENTIONED MEDICAL INSURANCE AP-
PROVED BY THE CITY OF BALTIMORE OR ANY OF THE
COUNTIES.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.