HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     1805

INDIVIDUAL SHALL RECEIVE ONE-SIXTEENTH OF THE SUBSIDY FOR EACH
YEAR OF STATE SERVICE THAT IS MORE THAN 5 YEARS BUT LESS THAN 16
YEARS; AND

(III) IF A RETIRED INDIVIDUAL HAD 16 OR MORE
YEARS OF STATE SERVICE, THE RETIRED INDIVIDUAL SHALL RECEIVE THE
SAME SUBSIDY THAT IS PROVIDED TO A STATE EMPLOYEE.

(2) A RETIRED INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS NOT IN STATE SERVICE
AT THE TIE OF RETIREMENT IS NOT ENTITLED TO ANY SUBSIDY UNDER
THIS SECTION UNLESS THE RETIRED INDIVIDUAL HAD AT LEAST 16 YEARS
OF STATE SERVICE.

(D) THE RETIRED INDIVIDUAL SHALL PAY THE PART OF THE COST
OF THE PROGRAM THAT IS NOT PROVIDED UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS
SECTION.

48C.

(A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION "STATE SERVICE" MEANS SERVICE
WITH THE STATE AS AN EMPLOYEE, JUDGE, TEACHER, OR CORRECTIONAL
OFFICER AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 73B, §§ 1(3), 55(F), 81(3), 111(4),
140(4), AND 156(A), AND ARTICLE 88B, § 49(3).

(B) A BENEFICIARY, AS DEFINED IN ARTICLES 73B AND 88B, AND
THEIR DESIGNATED BENEFICIARIES, OTHER THAN DESIGNATED
BENEFICIARIES NOMINATED TO RECEIVE AN OPTION 4 BENEFIT, MAY
PARTICIPATE, AS PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION, IN THE STATE EMPLOYEES
HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM PROVIDED THAT THE BENEFICIARY:

(1) RETIRED FROM STATE SERVICE WITH A STATE
RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE FROM JULY 1, 1984; AND

(2) HAD AT LEAST 5 YEARS OF STATE SERVICE.

(C) (1) A BENEFICIARY AND THEIR DESIGNATED BENEFICIARIES
ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE SUBSIDY PROVIDED BY THE STATE FOR THE
COST OF THE PROGRAM ON THE FOLLOWING BASIS:

(I) IF A BENEFICIARY HAD AT LEAST 5 YEARS OF
STATE SERVICE, THE BENEFICIARY AND THEIR DESIGNATED BENEFICIARIES
SHALL RECEIVE FIVE-SIXTEENTHS OF THE SUBSIDY PROVIDED TO A STATE
EMPLOYEE.

(II) IN ADDITION, IF A BENEFICIARY HAD MORE
THAN 5 BUT LESS THAN 16 YEARS OF STATE SERVICE, THE BENEFICIARY
AND THEIR DESIGNATED BENEFICIARIES SHALL RECEIVE ONE-SIXTEENTH OF
THE SUBSIDY FOR EACH YEAR OF STATE SERVICE THAT IS MORE THAN 5
BUT LESS THAN 16 YEARS.

(III) IF A BENEFICIARY HAD 16 YEARS OR MORE OF
STATE SERVICE, THE BENEFICIARY AND THEIR DESIGNATED BENEFICIARIES
SHALL RECEIVE THE SAME SUBSIDY THAT IS PROVIDED TO A STATE
EMPLOYEE.