WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 535

Section 8-109

Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter______ (S.B. 50) of the Acts of the General Assembly of

1993)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Personnel and Pensions

8-108.

(a) (3) (i) "Retiree" means:

1. a former State employee who receives a retirement allowance
under Article 73B of the Code; or

2. a former employee of the Medical System Corporation, as
defined in § 13-1B-01 or § 13-1C-01 of the Education Article, who receives a retirement
allowance from the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Maryland or the
Pension System for Employees of the State of Maryland under Title 10, Subtitle 1 of
Article 73B of the Code.

(ii) "Retiree" does not include:

1. a member of the faculty or staff of a community college;

2. a teacher or a staff member employed by a county board of
education; or

3. an individual who retired under an optional program under
Title 11 of Article 73B of the Code.

(b) (1) A retiree may enroll and participate in the health insurance benefit
options established under the Program if the retiree:

(i) ended State service with at least 10 years of creditable service and
within 5 years before the age at which a vested retirement allowance normally would
begin;

(ii) ended State service with at least 16 years of creditable service;

(iii) ended State service on or before June 30, 1984; or

(iv) retired directly from State service with a State retirement
allowance on or after July 1, 1984, and had at least 5 years of creditable service.

(2) (i) The surviving spouse or dependent child of a deceased retiree who
was eligible to enroll may enroll and participate in the health insurance benefit options
established under the Program as long as the spouse or child is receiving an allowance
under Article 73B of the Code.

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