PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

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(1)     shall receive from the City of Baltimore the same health insurance
benefits granted to other members of the City's retirement system; and

(2)     may not receive any health insurance benefits allowed a State retiree
under the Program.

[8-114.] 2-511.

(a)     This section applies to employees of the Maryland Environmental Service.

(b)     Subject to the regulations adopted under [ § 8-103] § 2-503 of this subtitle, an
employee or, while receiving an allowance under the Employees' Retirement System of
the State of Maryland or the Employees' Pension System of the State of Maryland, an
employee's surviving spouse:

(1)     may enroll and participate in the health insurance or other benefit
options established under the Program; and

(2)     except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, is subject to the same
terms and conditions as those provided under [§ 8-107] § 2-507 of this subtitle.

(c)     While receiving an allowance under the Employees' Retirement System of the
State of Maryland or the Employees' Pension System of the State of Maryland, a former
employee or a former employee's surviving spouse or dependent child:

(1)     may enroll and participate in the health insurance benefit options
established under the Program; and

(2)     except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, is subject to the same
terms and conditions as those provided under [§ 8-108] § 2-508 of this subtitle, with the
employee's service with the Maryland Environmental Service being included as part of
the employee's State service.

(d)     For each participant under this section, the Maryland Environmental Service
shall pay to the State an employer share of the cost of the Program based on the State
subsidy allowed under this subtitle.

[8-113.] 2-512.

(a) In this section, "qualifying not-for-profit organization" means an organization
that:

(1)     receives State funds from the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene that cover more than one-third of the organization's operating expenses; and

(2)     is:

(i) described in § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and

(ii) exempt from income tax under § 501(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code.

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