NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 754

HOUSE BILL 993

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO MEDICAL AND DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS AND STATE EMPLOYEES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 135-33 is hereby amended by striking out the following words from the last sentence thereof:

"Coverage for himself and dependents provided he pays the established applicable premium for the plan or plans of insurance as determined by the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System based on actuarial experience."

And substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"The same hospital and medical care insurance and benefits for himself and/or dependents available to active teachers and State employees until they become ineligible for such insurance or benefits due to reasons other than retirement, provided such member or dependents agrees to and pays by a deduction from retirement benefits or by other appropriate method an amount not greater than the cost of such benefits for active teachers and State employees. And provided further the board of trustees shall offer any members who were vested at the time of retirement, their spouses or surviving spouses who are eligible for Medicare a plan of supplemental insurance designed to provide them with medical and hospital insurance benefits comparable to the benefits offered active teachers and State employees, if such member or surviving spouse agrees to and pays by a deduction from retirement benefits or other appropriate method the cost of such benefits."

Sec. 2.  The provisions of this act relating to hospital and medical care insurance and benefits shall become effective October 1, 1975, and the provisions of this act relating to a plan of supplemental insurance for Medicare shall become effective January 1, 1976.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1975.