Bill Text: MO HB1922 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Health Care Plan
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-02 - Placed on Informal Calendar [HB1922 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2012-HB1922-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES MOLENDORP (Sponsor), FRANZ, TILLEY, KEENEY, HODGES, POLLOCK, HINSON, PHILLIPS, DAY, HOUGH, LARGENT, BLACK, DIEHL, BRANDOM, FRAKER, LAMPE, BARNES, SCHARNHORST, JONES (117), SCHOELLER, LEACH, KELLEY (126), GUERNSEY, SOLON, LICHTENEGGER, ZERR, ALLEN, FLANIGAN, TALBOY, GOSEN, McGHEE, ASBURY, DIECKHAUS, HAEFNER, PARKINSON AND BAHR (Co-sponsors).
5828L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal sections 103.005, 103.079, 104.010, 104.020, 104.070, 104.110, 104.150, 104.170, 104.210, 104.220, 104.250, 104.270, 104.352, 104.354, 104.372, 104.515, 104.625, 104.801, 104.805, 104.806, and 104.810, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof twenty-three new sections relating to the health benefits plan for members of the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 103.005, 103.079, 104.010, 104.020, 104.070, 104.110, 104.150, 104.170, 104.210, 104.220, 104.250, 104.270, 104.352, 104.354, 104.372, 104.515, 104.625, 104.801, 104.805, 104.806, and 104.810, RSMo, are repealed and twenty-three new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 103.005, 103.079, 103.120, 103.121, 103.122, 103.123, 103.124, 104.010, 104.020, 104.070, 104.110, 104.150, 104.170, 104.210, 104.220, 104.250, 104.354, 104.372, 104.515, 104.625, 104.805, 104.806, and 104.810, to read as follows:
103.005. For the purpose of covering medical expenses of the officers, employees and retirees, the eligible dependents of officers, employees and retirees and to the surviving spouses and children of deceased officers, employees and retirees of the state and participating member agencies of the state, there is hereby created and established a health care plan which shall be a body corporate, which shall be under the management of the board of trustees herein described, and shall be known as the "Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan". Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, such plan may sue and be sued, transact business, contract, invest funds and hold cash, securities and other property and shall be vested with such other powers as may be necessary or proper to enable it, its officers, employees, and agents to carry out fully and effectively all the purposes of sections 103.003 to 103.175, except that sections 103.120 to 103.124 shall be excluded.
103.079. The health care programs sponsored by the departments of transportation, state highway patrol, and conservation shall become a part of this plan only upon request to and acceptance by the board of trustees by the highways and transportation commission, the superintendent of the state highway patrol, or the conservation commission and any such transfer into this plan shall be deemed reviewable by such department every three years. Such department may withdraw from the plan upon approval by such department's commission or superintendent and by providing the board a minimum of six months' notice prior to the end of the then current plan year and termination of coverage will become effective at the end of the then current plan year. For any of the foregoing state agencies choosing to participate, the plan shall not assume responsibility for any liabilities incurred by the agency or its eligible employees, retirees, or dependents prior to its effective date.
103.120. The state Highways and Transportation Commission and the superintendent of the state highway patrol shall provide for benefits to cover medical expenses and death for members of the closed and year 2000 plans of the highways and transportation employees' and highway patrol retirement system. Any plan may provide medical benefits for persons entitled to deferred annuities in the closed and year 2000 plans and their dependents. Death benefits shall be comparable to those provided for in section 104.517. Contributions by the state Highways and Transportation Commission and the superintendent of the state highway patrol to provide the benefits shall be on the same basis as provided for other state employees under the provisions of section 104.515. The cost of benefits for dependents of retirees and their dependents shall be paid by the retirees under subsection 2 of section 103.122. The commission may contract with other persons or entities including but not limited to third-party administrators, health network providers, and health maintenance organizations for all, or any part of, the benefits provided for in this section. The commission may require reimbursement of any medical claims paid by the commission's medical plan for which there was third-party liability.
103.121. 1. For the purposes of sections 103.120 to 103.124, the term "members" shall mean individuals covered under the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol health care plan that include the following:
(1) An individual in active employment status with the Missouri department of transportation, Missouri state highway patrol, or Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system, or a member of the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system as otherwise defined by law;
(2) (a) An individual who has retired from the Missouri department of transportation, Missouri state highway patrol, or Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system under the provisions of chapter 104, provided such retired individual was, on the day preceding the effective date of retirement, covered under the plan that provided medical care benefits exclusively for employees who are members of the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system.
(b) A former employee of the Missouri department of transportation, Missouri state highway patrol, or Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system retiring after the effective date of the plan under the provisions of chapter 104 provided such former employee was in the plan from the date of last employment until the date of retirement, otherwise known as a vested participant; and
(3) A spouse or dependent child of an individual described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision (2) of this subsection; or
(4) An individual who was a lawful spouse or a dependent of a member described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision (2) of this subsection and enrolled in the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol health care plan at the time of death of the deceased member and meets the eligibility requirements of the health care plan.
2. For the purpose of covering medical expenses and death of the members, there is hereby created and established a health care plan which shall be a body corporate, which shall be under the management of the board of trustees herein described, and shall be known as the "Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Health Care Plan". Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, such plan may sue and be sued, transact business, contract, invest funds and hold cash, securities and other property and shall be vested with such other powers as may be necessary or proper to enable it, its employees and agents to carry out fully and effectively all the purposes provided by this section and sections 103.120 to 103.124.
3. For the purposes of this section, section 103.120 and sections 103.122 to 103.124, "board of trustees" or "board" shall mean the body established by the highways and transportation commission to provide for the general administration of the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol health care plan. The board shall consist of eight members as follows:
(1) Three Missouri department of transportation employees appointed by the director;
(2) Three Missouri state highway patrol employees appointed by the superintendent of the state highway patrol;
(3) One retired Missouri department of transportation employee appointed by its director; and
(4) One retired Missouri state highway patrol employee appointed by its superintendent of the state highway patrol. The Highways and Transportation Commission shall approve appointees selected to represent the Missouri department of transportation.
4. The board may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of sections 103.120 to 103.124. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly under chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2012, shall be invalid and void.
103.122. 1. The state Highways and Transportation Commission and the superintendent of the highway patrol shall determine the premium amount for medical benefits required for members. The premium amount for medical benefits shall be the amount, which, together with the state's contribution, is required to fund the benefits provided, taking into account necessary actuarial reserves. The commission and the superintendent shall establish separate premiums for employees' benefits and a separate premium or schedule of premiums shall be established for benefits for spouses and dependent children, as required by law, of participating employees. The employee's premiums for spouse and children benefits shall be established to cover that portion of the cost of such benefits which is not paid for by contributions by the state. All such premium amounts shall be paid to the board of trustees, as established for the applicable system under sections 104.010 to 104.800, at the time that each employee's wages or salary would normally be paid. The premium amounts so remitted will be placed in the separate account for medical benefits specified in section 104.515. In lieu of the availability of premium deductions, the commission and the superintendent may establish alternative methods for the collection of premium amounts.
2. The spouses and dependent children, as required by law, of the members shall be able to participate in the program of insurance benefits to cover medical expenses under the provisions of this section.
3. Any promulgated rule established by the board regarding the contributions for the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol health care plan shall:
(1) Base the state's contribution on creditable years of service at retirement using a calculated method reported by the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system;
(2) Base the employer's contribution on a rate that multiplies creditable years of service by two percent for each creditable year up to sixty percent for thirty years of creditable years of service; and
(3) Determine premium rates for retirees not eligible for Medicare under multiplier rate described in subdivision (2) of this subsection that is chosen by a retiree upon retirement.
103.123. 1. Each employee described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 shall be entitled to the same insurance benefits provided under sections 103.003 to 103.175 to employees described in paragraph (a) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 to cover the medical expenses of such employees and their spouses and children. Such insurance benefits shall be made available to employees described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 upon their initial employment as such employees in the same manner provided for employees described in paragraph (a) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010, and shall be continued during any period of time, not to exceed one year, in which such employees are not paid for full-time employment, so long as such employees pay the same amount for such insurance benefits as is required of employees described in paragraph (a) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 who continue receiving such insurance benefits during a leave of absence without pay from their employment with the state. Any employee described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 who is reemployed by the general assembly or either house thereof, or by any member of the general assembly while acting in his or her official capacity as a member, by the thirteenth legislative day of the session of the general assembly immediately following the session of the general assembly in which such employee was last so employed, without having elected to discontinue the insurance benefits described in this subsection, shall be entitled to continue such insurance benefits without having to prove insurability for himself or herself or any of his or her covered dependents for whom he or she has paid for such coverage continuously since last employed as an employee described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010. Any employee described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 who is not reemployed by the general assembly or either house thereof, or by any member of the general assembly while acting in his or her official capacity as a member, by the thirteenth legislative day of the session of the general assembly immediately following the session of the general assembly in which such employee was last so employed, shall be deemed terminated as an employee as of such thirteenth legislative day, and the insurance benefits provided for such employee under this subsection and sections 103.003 to 103.175 shall be terminated as provided for employees described in paragraph (a) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 whose employment is terminated. During each month of service in which an employee described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 is employed, the state shall make any contribution required by sections 103.003 to 103.175 for such employee.
2. Any employee described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 who is actively employed on or after September 28, 1992, shall be deemed vested for purposes of determining eligibility for benefits under sections 104.320 to 104.620 after being so employed for at least sixty months.
103.124. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any legislation enacted by the general assembly which mandates the coverage of specific health benefits, services, or providers in the policies or contracts of insurers, health services corporations, health maintenance organizations, or other third-party payors, on and after January 1, 1991, also shall apply to the health benefit plans of the Missouri state employees' retirement system, the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system, and any other health benefit plan provided by the state on behalf of its employees.
104.010. 1. The following words and phrases as used in sections 104.010 to 104.800, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall mean:
(1) "Accumulated contributions", the sum of all deductions for retirement benefit purposes from a member's compensation which shall be credited to the member's individual account and interest allowed thereon;
(2) "Active armed warfare", any declared war, or the Korean or Vietnamese Conflict;
(3) "Actuarial equivalent", a benefit which, when computed upon the basis of actuarial tables and interest, is equal in value to a certain amount or other benefit;
(4) "Actuarial tables", the actuarial tables approved and in use by a board at any given time;
(5) "Actuary", the actuary who is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries or who is an enrolled actuary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and who is employed by a board at any given time;
(6) "Annuity", annual payments, made in equal monthly installments, to a retired member from funds provided for in, or authorized by, this chapter;
(7) "Average compensation", the average compensation of a member for the thirty-six consecutive months of service prior to retirement when the member's compensation was greatest; or if the member is on workers' compensation leave of absence or a medical leave of absence due to an employee illness, the amount of compensation the member would have received may be used, as reported and verified by the employing department; or if the member had less than thirty-six months of service, the average annual compensation paid to the member during the period up to thirty-six months for which the member received creditable service when the member's compensation was the greatest; or if the member is on military leave, the amount of compensation the member would have received may be used as reported and verified by the employing department or, if such amount is not determinable, the amount of the employee's average rate of compensation during the twelve-month period immediately preceding such period of leave, or if shorter, the period of employment immediately preceding such period of leave. The board of each system may promulgate rules for purposes of calculating average compensation and other retirement provisions to accommodate for any state payroll system in which compensation is received on a monthly, semimonthly, biweekly, or other basis;
(8) "Beneficiary", any person entitled to or nominated by a member or retiree who may be legally entitled to receive benefits pursuant to this chapter;
(9) "Biennial assembly", the completion of no less than two years of creditable service or creditable prior service by a member of the general assembly;
(10) "Board of trustees", "board", or "trustees", a board of trustees as established for the applicable system pursuant to this chapter;
(11) "Chapter", sections 104.010 to 104.800;
(12) "Compensation":
(a) All salary and wages payable out of any state, federal, trust, or other funds to an employee for personal services performed for a department; but including only amounts for which contributions have been made in accordance with section 104.436, or section 104.070, whichever is applicable, and excluding any nonrecurring single sum payments or amounts paid after the member's termination of employment unless such amounts paid after such termination are a final installment of salary or wages at the same rate as in effect immediately prior to termination of employment in accordance with a state payroll system adopted on or after January 1, 2000, or any other one-time payments made as a result of such payroll system;
(b) All salary and wages which would have been payable out of any state, federal, trust or other funds to an employee on workers' compensation leave of absence during the period the employee is receiving a weekly workers' compensation benefit, as reported and verified by the employing department;
(c) Effective December 31, 1995, compensation in excess of the limitations set forth in Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a)(17) shall be disregarded. The limitation on compensation for eligible employees shall not be less than the amount which was allowed to be taken into account under the system as in effect on July 1, 1993. For this purpose, an "eligible employee" is an individual who was a member of the system before the first plan year beginning after December 31, 1995;
(13) "Consumer price index", the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the United States, or its successor index, as approved by a board, as such index is defined and officially reported by the United States Department of Labor, or its successor agency;
(14) "Creditable prior service", the service of an employee which was either rendered prior to the establishment of a system, or prior to the date the employee last became a member of a system, and which is recognized in determining the member's eligibility and for the amount of the member's benefits under a system;
(15) "Creditable service", the sum of membership service and creditable prior service, to the extent such service is standing to a member's credit as provided in this chapter; except that in no case shall more than one day of creditable service or creditable prior service be credited any member for any one calendar day of eligible service credit as provided by law;
(16) "Deferred normal annuity", the annuity payable to any former employee who terminated employment as an employee or otherwise withdrew from service with a vested right to a normal annuity, payable at a future date;
(17) "Department", any department or agency of the executive, legislative or judicial branch of the state of Missouri receiving state appropriations, including allocated funds from the federal government but not including any body corporate or politic unless its employees are eligible for retirement coverage from a system pursuant to this chapter as otherwise provided by law;
(18) "Disability benefits", benefits paid to any employee while totally disabled as provided in this chapter;
(19) "Early retirement age", a member's attainment of fifty-five years of age and the completion of ten or more years of creditable service, except for uniformed members of the water patrol;
(20) "Employee":
(a) Any elective or appointive officer or person employed by the state who is employed, promoted or transferred by a department into a new or existing position and earns a salary or wage in a position normally requiring the performance by the person of duties during not less than one thousand forty hours per year, including each member of the general assembly but not including any patient or inmate of any state, charitable, penal or correctional institution. However, persons who are members of the public school retirement system and who are employed by a state agency other than an institution of higher learning shall be deemed employees for purposes of participating in all insurance programs administered by a board established pursuant to section 104.450. This definition shall not exclude any employee as defined in this subdivision who is covered only under the federal Old Age and Survivors' Insurance Act, as amended. As used in this chapter, the term "employee" shall include:
a. Persons who are currently receiving annuities or other retirement benefits from some other retirement or benefit fund, so long as they are not simultaneously accumulating creditable service in another retirement or benefit system which will be used to determine eligibility for or the amount of a future retirement benefit;
b. Persons who have elected to become or who have been made members of a system pursuant to section 104.342;
(b) Any person who is not a retiree and has performed services in the employ of the general assembly or either house thereof, or any employee of any member of the general assembly while acting in the person's official capacity as a member, and whose position does not normally require the person to perform duties during at least one thousand forty hours per year, with a month of service being any monthly pay period in which the employee was paid for full-time employment for that monthly period; except that persons described in this paragraph shall not include any such persons who are employed on or after August 28, 2007, and who have not previously been employed in such positions;
(c) "Employee" does not include special consultants employed pursuant to section 104.610;
(d) The system shall consider a person who is employed in multiple positions simultaneously within a single agency to be working in a single position for purposes of determining whether the person is an employee as defined in this subdivision;
(21) "Employer", a department of the state;
(22) "Executive director", the executive director employed by a board established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter;
(23) "Fiscal year", the period beginning July first in any year and ending June thirtieth the following year;
(24) "Full biennial assembly", the period of time beginning on the first day the general assembly convenes for a first regular session until the last day of the following year;
(25) "Fund", the benefit fund of a system established pursuant to this chapter;
(26) "Interest", interest at such rate as shall be determined and prescribed from time to time by a board;
(27) "Member", as used in sections 104.010 to 104.272 or 104.601 to 104.800 shall mean an employee, retiree, or former employee entitled to a deferred annuity covered by the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system. "Member", as used in this section and sections 104.312 to 104.800, shall mean an employee, retiree, or former employee entitled to deferred annuity covered by the Missouri state employees' retirement system;
(28) "Membership service", the service after becoming a member that is recognized in determining a member's eligibility for and the amount of a member's benefits under a system;
(29) "Military service", all active service performed in the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and members of the United States Public Health Service or any women's auxiliary thereof; and service in the Army national guard and Air national guard when engaged in active duty for training, inactive duty training or full-time national guard duty, and service by any other category of persons designated by the President in time of war or emergency;
(30) "Normal annuity", the annuity provided to a member upon retirement at or after the member's normal retirement age;
(31) "Normal retirement age", an employee's attainment of sixty-five years of age and the completion of four years of creditable service or the attainment of age sixty-five years of age and the completion of five years of creditable service by a member who has terminated employment and is entitled to a deferred normal annuity or the member's attainment of age sixty and the completion of fifteen years of creditable service, except that normal retirement age for uniformed members of the highway patrol shall be fifty-five years of age and the completion of four years of creditable service and uniformed employees of the water patrol shall be fifty-five years of age and the completion of four years of creditable service or the attainment of age fifty-five and the completion of five years of creditable service by a member of the water patrol who has terminated employment and is entitled to a deferred normal annuity and members of the general assembly shall be fifty-five years of age and the completion of three full biennial assemblies.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a member of the [highways and transportation employees' and highway patrol] Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system or a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system shall be entitled to retire with a normal annuity and shall be entitled to elect any of the survivor benefit options and shall also be entitled to any other provisions of this chapter that relate to retirement with a normal annuity if the sum of the member's age and creditable service equals eighty years or more and if the member is at least forty-eight years of age;
(32) "Payroll deduction", deductions made from an employee's compensation;
(33) "Prior service credit", the service of an employee rendered prior to the date the employee became a member which service is recognized in determining the member's eligibility for benefits from a system but not in determining the amount of the member's benefit;
(34) "Reduced annuity", an actuarial equivalent of a normal annuity;
(35) "Retiree", a member who is not an employee and who is receiving an annuity from a system pursuant to this chapter;
(36) "System" or "retirement system", the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system, as created by sections 104.010 to [104.270] 104.260, or sections 104.601 to 104.800, or the Missouri state employees' retirement system as created by sections 104.320 to 104.800;
(37) "Uniformed members of the highway patrol", the superintendent, lieutenant colonel, majors, captains, director of radio, lieutenants, sergeants, corporals, and patrolmen of the Missouri state highway patrol who normally appear in uniform;
(38) "Uniformed members of the water patrol", employees of the Missouri state water patrol of the department of public safety who are classified as water patrol officers who have taken the oath of office prescribed by the provisions of chapter 306 and who have those peace officer powers given by the provisions of chapter 306;
(39) "Vesting service", the sum of a member's prior service credit and creditable service which is recognized in determining the member's eligibility for benefits under the system.
2. Benefits paid pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not exceed the limitations of Internal Revenue Code Section 415, the provisions of which are hereby incorporated by reference. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board of trustees may establish a benefit plan under Section 415(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Such plan shall be created solely for the purposes described in Section 415(m)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The board of trustees may promulgate regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this subsection and to create and administer such benefit plan.
104.020. There is hereby created the "Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System", which shall be a body corporate and an instrumentality of the state. In such system shall be vested the powers and duties specified in sections 104.010 to [104.270] 104.260 and such other powers as may be necessary or proper to enable it, its officers, employees, and agents to carry out fully and effectively all the purposes of sections 104.010 to [104.270] 104.260.
104.070. At least ninety days before each regular session of the general assembly, the board shall certify to each department an actuarially determined estimate of the respective shares of each employer in the amount which will be necessary during the next appropriation period to pay all liabilities which shall exist or accrue under sections 104.010 to [104.270] 104.260 during such period. The estimate shall be computed upon a level percentage of payroll compensation to cover the normal cost. To the estimate actuarially computed there shall be added the additional payment of ninety dollars per month due those retired members of the highway patrol who have not attained the age of sixty-five years. Each department shall include in its budget and in its request for appropriations for personal service, the sum so certified to it by the board, and shall present the same to the general assembly for allowance. The sums so certified and appropriated, when available, shall be paid to the system and deposited in the transportation department employees' and highway patrol retirement and benefit fund. Such contributions and contributions previously made by members are the funds of the system and shall not be commingled with any funds in the state treasury.
104.110. 1. Any employee, regardless of the length of time of creditable service, who is affirmatively found by the board to be wholly incapable of performing the duties of the employee's or any other position in the employee's department for which the employee is suited, shall be entitled to receive disability benefits. The disability benefit provided by this subsection shall equal one and six-tenths percent of the employee's average compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service of the member. Effective September 1, 2003, no employee is eligible for or shall request or apply for the disability benefit provided pursuant to this subsection.
2. Any uniformed member of the highway patrol, highway patrol employee or department of transportation employee, regardless of the length of time of creditable service, who is found by the board to be disabled as a result of injuries incurred in the performance of the employee's duties, shall be entitled to receive an initial disability benefit in an amount equal to seventy percent of the compensation that the employee was receiving on the date preceding the date of disability; provided, however, that the amount of the disability benefit, plus any primary Social Security disability benefits received by such member shall not exceed ninety percent of the monthly compensation such member was receiving on the date preceding the date of disability.
3. Any disability benefits payable pursuant to this section shall be decreased by any amount paid to such member for periodic disability benefits by reason of the workers' compensation laws of this state. After termination of payment under workers' compensation, however, disability benefits shall be paid in the amount required by subsections 1, 2, 7, and 9 of this section.
4. The board of trustees may require a medical examination of a disabled member at any time by a designated physician, and benefits shall be discontinued if the board finds that such member is able to perform the duties of the member's former position or if such member refuses to submit to a medical examination. Any employee who applies for disability benefits provided pursuant to this section shall provide medical certification acceptable to the board which shall include the date the disability commenced and the expected duration of the disability.
5. Any employee who applies for disability benefits pursuant to subsections 2 and 7 of this section shall provide proof of application for Social Security disability benefits. If Social Security disability benefits are denied, the employee shall also provide proof that the employee has requested reconsideration, and upon denial of the reconsideration, that an appeal process is prosecuted.
6. The disability benefits provided in this section shall not be paid to any member who retains or regains earning capacity as determined by the board. If a member who has been receiving disability benefits again becomes an employee, the member's disability benefits shall be discontinued.
7. The board shall also provide or contract for long-term disability benefits for those members whose disability exists or is diagnosed as being of such nature as to exist for more than one year. The benefits provided or contracted for pursuant to this subsection shall be in lieu of any other benefit provided in this section. The eligibility requirements, benefit period and amount of the disability benefits provided pursuant to this subsection shall be established by the board.
8. Definitions of disability and other rules and procedures necessary for administration of the disability benefits provided pursuant to this section shall be established by the board.
9. Any member receiving disability benefits pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 of this section shall receive the same cost-of-living increases as granted to retired members pursuant to section 104.103.
10. The state highways and transportation commission shall contribute the same amount as provided for all state employees for any person receiving disability benefits pursuant to subsection 2 of this section for medical insurance provided pursuant to section [104.270] 103.120.
11. Any member who qualified for disability benefits pursuant to subsection 2 or subsection 7 of this section shall continue to accrue normal annuity benefits based on the member's rate of pay immediately prior to the date the member became disabled in accordance with sections 104.090 and 104.615 as in effect on the earlier of the date the member reaches normal retirement age or the date normal annuity payments commence.
12. A member who continues to be disabled as provided in subsection 2 or subsection 7 of this section shall continue to accrue creditable service until the member reaches normal retirement age. The maximum benefits period for benefits pursuant to subsections 2 and 7 of this section shall be established by the board. A member who is eligible to retire and does retire while receiving disability benefits pursuant to subsections 2 and 7 of this section shall receive the greater of the normal annuity or the minimum annuity determined pursuant to sections 104.090 and 104.615, as if the member had continued in the active employ of the employer until the member's normal retirement age and the member's compensation for such period had been the member's rate of pay immediately preceding the date the member became disabled.
13. Any member who was receiving disability benefits from the board prior to August 28, 1997, or any member who has submitted an application for disability benefits before August 28, 1997, and would have been eligible to receive benefits pursuant to the eligibility requirements which were applicable at the time of application shall be eligible to receive or shall continue to receive benefits in accordance with such prior eligibility requirements until the member again becomes an employee.
14. Any member receiving disability benefits pursuant to subsection 1, subsection 2 or subsection 7 of this section shall be eligible to receive death benefits pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of section 104.140.
The death benefits provided pursuant to this subsection shall be in lieu of the death benefits available to the member pursuant to subsection 2 of section 104.140.
15. The board is authorized to contract for benefits in lieu of the benefits provided pursuant to this section.
16. To the extent that the board enters or has entered into any contract with any insurer or service organization to provide the disability benefits provided for pursuant to this section:
(1) The obligation to provide such disability benefits shall be primarily that of the insurer or service organization and secondarily that of the board;
(2) Any employee who has been denied disability benefits by the insurer or service organization and has exhausted all appeal procedures provided by the insurer or service organization may appeal such decision by filing a petition against the insurer or service organization in a court of law in the employee's county of residence; and
(3) The board and the system shall not be liable for the disability benefits provided by an insurer or service organization pursuant to this section and shall not be subject to any cause of action with regard to disability benefits or the denial of disability benefits by the insurer or service organization unless the employee has obtained judgment against the insurer or service organization for disability benefits and the insurer or service organization is unable to satisfy that judgment.
17. An employee may elect to waive the receipt of any disability benefit provided for pursuant to this section at any time.
18. Any member receiving disability benefits pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 of this section shall be eligible for a death benefit of five thousand dollars in addition to any benefits under subsection 14 of this section.
104.150. 1. The board shall set up and maintain a transportation department employees' and highway patrol retirement and benefit fund account in which shall be placed all payroll deductions, deferred compensation, payments and income from all sources. All property, money, funds, investments, and rights which shall belong to, or be available for expenditure or use by, the system shall be dedicated to and held in trust for the members and for the purposes set out in sections 104.010 to [104.270] 104.260 and sections 104.600 to 104.800 and no other. The board, in the name and on behalf of the system, may purchase, acquire, hold, invest, lend, lease, sell, assign, transfer, and dispose of all property, rights, and securities, and enter into written contracts, when necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of sections 104.010 to [104.270] 104.260 and sections 104.600 to 104.800.
2. All moneys received by or belonging to the system shall be paid to the executive director and by him deposited to the credit of the system in one or more banks or trust companies. No such money shall be deposited in or be retained by any bank or trust company which does not have on deposit with and for the board at the time the kind and value of collateral required by section 30.270 for depositaries of the state treasurer. The executive director shall be responsible for all funds, securities, and property belonging to the system, and shall give such corporate surety bond for the faithful handling of the same as the board shall require.
3. The board may invest the funds of the system as permitted by sections 105.686 to 105.690.
104.170. 1. The board shall elect by secret ballot one member as chair and one member as vice chair at the first board meeting of each year. The chair may not serve more than two consecutive terms beginning after August 13, 1988. The chair shall preside over meetings of the board and perform such other duties as may be required by action of the board. The vice chair shall perform the duties of the chair in the absence of the latter or upon the chair's inability or refusal to act.
2. The board shall appoint a full-time executive director, who shall not be compensated for any other duties under the state highways and transportation commission. The executive director shall have charge of the offices and records and shall hire such employees that the executive director deems necessary subject to the direction of the board. The executive director and all other employees of the system shall be members of the system and the board shall make contributions to provide the insurance benefits available pursuant to section [104.270] 103.120 on the same basis as provided for other state employees pursuant to the provisions of section 104.515, and also shall make contributions to provide the retirement benefits on the same basis as provided for other employees pursuant to the provisions of sections 104.090 to 104.260. The executive director is authorized to execute all documents including contracts necessary to carry out any and all actions of the board.
3. Any summons or other writ issued by the courts of the state shall be served upon the executive director or, in the executive director's absence, on the assistant director.
104.210. 1. The general administration of, and responsibility for, the proper operation of the system are hereby vested in a board of trustees.
2. Subject to the limitations of law, the board shall formulate and adopt rules and regulations for the government of its own proceedings and for the administration of the system, and its decisions as to all question of fact shall be final and conclusive on all persons except for the right of review as provided by law and except for fraud or such gross mistake of fact as to have an effect equivalent to fraud.
3. The accounts and records of the state highways and transportation commission, the state highway patrol, the state auditor, and the state treasurer shall be open to inspection to the board of trustees and its employees, for the purpose of obtaining information necessary in the performance of the duties of such board under sections 104.010 to [104.270] 104.260 and sections 104.600 to 104.800.
4. The board shall have the power to subpoena witnesses or obtain the production of records when necessary for the performance of its duties.
5. Subject to the provisions of the constitution and sections 104.010 to [104.270] 104.260 and sections 104.600 to 104.800, the board of trustees shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control over the funds and property of the system and may employ and fix the compensation of necessary employees.
6. No trustee or employee of the system shall receive any gain or profit from any funds or transaction of the system, except benefits from interest in investments common to all members if entitled thereto.
7. Any trustee or employee accepting any gratuity or compensation for the purpose of influencing his action with respect to the investment and the funds of the system shall thereby forfeit his office and in addition thereto be subject to the penalties prescribed for bribery.
104.220. The board of trustees may select and employ an actuary who shall serve at its pleasure as its technical adviser on matters regarding the operation of the system, or may call upon the director of the department of insurance, financial institutions and professional registration for actuarial service, which shall be furnished by him. The actuary shall:
(1) During the first year of operation of the system, or as soon as practicable, and at least once every five years thereafter, make a general investigation of the mortality, retirement, disability, death, employment turnover, interest, and earnable compensation experience of the system;
(2) Recommend mortality and other tables to be used for all required actuarial calculations;
(3) Make an annual valuation of the liabilities, assets, and reserves of the system, and a determination of the amounts of contributions required by the system to discharge the liabilities and administration costs under sections 104.010 to [104.270] 104.260, and certify the results thereof to the board; and
(4) Perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the board.
104.250. 1. All payroll deductions and deferred compensation provided for under sections 104.010 to [104.270] 104.260 are hereby made obligations of the state of Missouri. No alteration, amendment, or repeal of sections 104.010 to [104.270] 104.260 shall affect the then existing rights of members and beneficiaries, but shall be effective only as to rights which would otherwise accrue under sections 104.010 to [104.270] 104.260 as a result of services rendered by an employee after such alteration, amendment, or repeal.
2. Any annuity, benefits, funds, property, or rights created by, or accruing to, any person under the provisions of sections 104.010 to [104.270] 104.260 are hereby made and declared exempt from any tax of the state of Missouri or any political subdivision or taxing body thereof, and shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, writ of sequestration, or any other process or claim whatsoever, and shall be unassignable except that any payment from the retirement system shall be subject to the collection of child support or spousal maintenance.
104.354. In each fiscal year in which retirement benefits are to be paid to retired employees described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 because of the provisions of section [104.352] 103.123, funding for such benefits shall be provided as set forth in section 104.436. All benefits paid because of the provisions of section [104.352] 103.123 shall be paid by the retirement system along with all other retirement benefits due such retired employees under the retirement system.
104.372. 1. (1) In the event a person who served as a member of the general assembly or in an elective state office on or after September 1, 1976, and who retired after September 1, 1976, dies, a survivor's income in an amount equal to fifty percent of the monthly annuity the retired member was receiving at the time of the member's death shall be paid in monthly installments to such deceased retired member's surviving spouse; provided such surviving spouse was married to the deceased retired member of the general assembly or elected official on the date of the member's death; or if there is no surviving spouse eligible to receive such survivor's income, then such survivor's income shall be payable to any children under the age of twenty-one of the deceased member of the general assembly or elective official in equal shares in a total amount equal to such survivor's income that would otherwise have been paid to the surviving spouse until the children reach twenty-one years of age. The benefits shall be funded as provided in section 104.436; or
(2) Upon the death of a person who served as a member of the general assembly or in an elective state office on or after September 1, 1976, and who retired pursuant to the provisions of this chapter on or after September 1, 1976, and who terminated employment before August 28, 1988, such deceased retired member's surviving spouse, who was married to the deceased retired member on the date of the member's death, may apply to the board of trustees and shall be made, constituted, appointed and employed by the board as a special consultant on the problems of retirement, aging and other state matters for the remainder of the surviving spouse's life, and upon request of the board shall give opinions, and be available to give opinions in writing, or orally, in response to such requests. As compensation for such services, beginning the first of the month following application, such surviving spouse shall receive monthly an amount equal to fifty percent of the monthly annuity the retired member was receiving at the time of the member's death.
2. If a member of the general assembly who has served in at least three full biennial assemblies dies before retirement, pursuant to the provisions of sections 104.312 to [104.801] 104.800, a survivor's benefit shall be paid in an amount equal to fifty percent of the member's accrued annuity calculated as if the member were of normal retirement age as of the member's death. The survivor's benefit shall be paid in monthly installments to such deceased member's surviving spouse; provided such surviving spouse was married to the deceased member of the general assembly on the date of the member's death; or if there is no surviving spouse eligible to receive such survivor's benefit, such survivor's benefit shall be payable to any children under the age of twenty-one of the deceased member of the general assembly in equal shares in a total amount equal to such survivor's benefit that would otherwise have been paid to the surviving spouse until the children reach twenty-one years of age.
3. In the event a person who has held one or more statewide state elective offices for a total of at least twelve years, and whose retirement benefits have been calculated and are being paid pursuant to the provisions of section 104.371, dies, a survivor's benefit in an amount equal to fifty percent of the benefits being paid the member pursuant to section 104.371 shall be paid to the member's surviving spouse. The survivor's benefits shall be paid in the manner provided in section 104.371.
4. Every member of the state employees' retirement system who had previous state employment by a state agency by virtue of which the person was a member of the public school retirement system of Missouri and has previously withdrawn the person's employee contribution to the public school retirement system shall upon request if qualified pursuant to the provisions of this subsection receive creditable prior service in the state employees' retirement system for such service notwithstanding any other provisions of law. The public school retirement system shall pay to the state employees' retirement system an amount equal to the contribution paid to the public school retirement system on behalf of the employee by the employee's employer, and the commissioner of administration shall pay an equal amount to the state employees' retirement system from funds appropriated from the general revenue fund for such purpose. In no event shall any person receive credit for the same period of service under more than one retirement system.
5. Upon the death of a person who served as a member of the general assembly or in an elective state office before September 1, 1976, and who retired and chose a normal annuity pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, such deceased retired member's surviving spouse, who was married to the member on the date of the member's death, may apply to the board of trustees and shall be made, constituted, appointed and employed by the board as a special consultant on the problems of retirement, aging, and other state matters for the remainder of the surviving spouse's life, and upon request of the board shall give opinions, and be available to give opinions in writing, or orally, in response to such requests. As compensation for such services, beginning the first of the month following application, such surviving spouse shall receive monthly an amount equal to fifty percent of the monthly annuity the retired member was receiving at the time of the member's death.
6. Survivor benefits shall be paid pursuant to section 104.420 in lieu of any other provisions of this section to the contrary if the member of the general assembly or statewide elected official:
(1) Dies on or after August 28, 2001;
(2) Had a vested right to an annuity; and
(3) Was not receiving an annuity.
7. Survivor benefits shall be paid pursuant to section 104.395 in lieu of any other provisions of this section to the contrary if the member of the general assembly or statewide elected official elects a survivor benefit option pursuant to section 104.395, and dies on or after August 28, 2001.
104.515. 1. Separate accounts for medical, life insurance and disability benefits provided pursuant to sections 103.122, 104.517, and 104.518 shall be established as part of the fund. The funds, property and return on investments of the separate account shall not be commingled with any other funds, property and investment return of the system. All benefits and premiums are paid solely from the separate account for medical, life insurance and disability benefits provided pursuant to this section.
2. The state shall contribute an amount as appropriated by law and approved by the governor per month for medical benefits, life insurance and long-term disability benefits as provided pursuant to this section and sections 103.122, 104.517, and 104.518. Such amounts shall include the cost of providing life insurance benefits for each active employee who is a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system, a member of the public school retirement system and who is employed by a state agency other than an institution of higher learning, a member of the retirement system established by sections 287.812 to 287.855, the judicial retirement system, each legislator and official holding an elective state office, members not on payroll status who are receiving workers' compensation benefits, and [if the state highways and transportation commission so elects,] those employees who are members of the state transportation department employees' and highway patrol retirement system; [if the state highways and transportation commission so elects to join the plan,] the state shall contribute an amount as appropriated by law for medical benefits for those employees who are members of the transportation department employees' and highway patrol retirement system; an additional amount equal to the amount required, based on competitive bidding or determined actuarially, to fund the retired members' death benefit or life insurance benefit, or both, provided in subsection 4 of this section and the disability benefits provided in section 104.518. This amount shall be reported as a separate item in the monthly certification of required contributions which the commissioner of administration submits to the state treasurer and shall be deposited to the separate account for medical, life insurance and disability benefits. All contributions made on behalf of members of the state transportation department employees' and highway patrol retirement system shall only be made from [highway] federal and state funds. [If the highways and transportation commission so elects, The spouses and unemancipated children under twenty-three years of age of employees who are members of the state transportation department employees' and highway patrol retirement system shall be able to participate in the program of insurance benefits to cover medical expenses pursuant to the provisions of subsection 3 of this section.]
3. The Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol health plan's board of trustees and the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system's board of trustees shall determine the premium amounts for life insurance and disability benefits, respectively, required for participating employees. The premium amount for medical benefits shall be determined under sections 103.120 to 103.124. The premium amounts shall be the amount, which, together with the state's contribution, is required to fund the benefits provided, taking into account necessary actuarial reserves. Separate premiums shall be established for employees' benefits and a separate premium or schedule of premiums shall be established for benefits for spouses and [unemancipated] dependent children [under twenty-three years of age] , as required by law, of participating employees. The employee's premiums for spouse and children benefits shall be established to cover that portion of the cost of such benefits which is not paid for by contributions by the state. All such premium amounts shall be paid to the board of trustees at the time that each employee's wages or salary would normally be paid. The premium amounts so remitted will be placed in the separate account for medical, life insurance and disability benefits. In lieu of the availability of premium deductions, the board may establish alternative methods for the collection of premium amounts.
4. Each special consultant eligible for life benefits employed by a board of trustees of a retirement system as provided in section 104.610 who is a member of the Missouri state life insurance plan or Missouri state transportation department and Missouri state highway patrol life insurance plan shall, in addition to duties prescribed in section 104.610 or any other law, and upon request of the board of trustees, give the board, orally or in writing, a short detailed statement on life insurance and death benefit problems affecting retirees. As compensation for the extra duty imposed by this subsection, any special consultant as defined above, other than a special consultant entitled to a deferred normal annuity pursuant to section 104.035 or 104.335, who retires on or after September 28, 1985, shall receive as a part of compensation for these extra duties, a death benefit of five thousand dollars, and any special consultant who terminates employment on or after August 28, 1999, after reaching normal or early retirement age and becomes a retiree within sixty days of such termination shall receive five thousand dollars of life insurance coverage. In addition, each special consultant who is a member of the transportation department employees' and highway patrol retirement system medical insurance plan shall also provide the board, upon request of the board, orally or in writing, a short detailed statement on physical, medical and health problems affecting retirees. As compensation for this extra duty, each special consultant as defined above shall receive, in addition to all other compensation provided by law, [nine dollars, or] an amount equivalent to that provided to other special consultants pursuant to the provisions of section 103.115. In addition, any special consultant as defined in section 287.820 or section 476.601 who terminates employment and immediately retires on or after August 28, 1995, shall receive as a part of compensation for these duties, a death benefit of five thousand dollars and any special consultant who terminates employment on or after August 28, 1999, after reaching the age of eligibility to receive retirement benefits and becomes a retiree within sixty days of such termination shall receive five thousand dollars of life insurance coverage.
5. Any former employee who is receiving disability income benefits from the Missouri state employees' retirement system or the transportation department employees' and highway patrol retirement system shall, upon application with the board of trustees of the Missouri consolidated health care plan or the transportation department employees and highway patrol medical plan, be made, constituted, appointed and employed by the respective board as a special consultant on the problems of the health of disability income recipients and, upon request of the board of trustees of each medical plan, give the board, orally or in writing, a short detailed statement of physical, medical and health problems affecting disability income recipients.
As compensation for the extra duty imposed by this subsection, each such special consultant as defined in this subsection may receive, in addition to all other compensation provided by law, an amount contributed toward medical benefits coverage provided by the Missouri consolidated health care plan or the transportation employees and highway patrol medical plan pursuant to appropriations.
104.625. Effective July 1, 2002, any member retiring pursuant to the provisions of sections 104.010 to [104.801] 104.800, except an elected official or a member of the general assembly, who has not been paid retirement benefits and continues employment for at least two years beyond normal retirement age, may elect to receive an annuity and lump sum payment or payments, determined as follows:
(1) A retroactive starting date shall be established which shall be a date selected by the member; provided, however, that the retroactive starting date selected by the member shall not be a date which is earlier than the date when a normal annuity would have first been payable. In addition, the retroactive starting date shall not be more than five years prior to the annuity starting date, which shall be the first day of the month with respect to which an amount is paid as an annuity pursuant to this section. The member's selection of a retroactive starting date shall be done in twelve-month increments, except this restriction shall not apply when the member selects the total available time between the retroactive starting date and the annuity starting date;
(2) The prospective annuity payable as of the annuity starting date shall be determined pursuant to the provisions otherwise applicable under the law, with the exception that it shall be the amount which would have been payable had the member actually retired on the retroactive starting date under the retirement plan selected by the member. Other than for the lump sum payment or payments specified in subdivision (3) of this section, no other amount shall be due for the period between the retroactive starting date and the annuity starting date;
(3) The lump sum payable shall be ninety percent of the annuity amounts which would have been paid to the member from the retroactive starting date to the annuity starting date had the member actually retired on the retroactive starting date and received a normal annuity. The member shall elect to receive the lump sum amount either in its entirety at the same time as the initial annuity payment is made or in three equal annual installments with the first payment made at the same time as the initial annuity payment;
(4) Any annuity payable pursuant to this section that is subject to a division of benefit order pursuant to section 104.312 shall be calculated as follows:
(a) Any service of a member between the retroactive starting date and the annuity starting date shall not be considered creditable service except for purposes of calculating the division of benefit; and
(b) The lump sum payment described in subdivision (3) of this section shall not be subject to any division of benefit order; and
(5) For purposes of determining annual benefit increases payable as part of the lump sum and annuity provided pursuant to this section, the retroactive starting date shall be considered the member's date of retirement.
104.805. 1. Employees who are earning creditable service in the closed plan of the Missouri state employees' retirement system and who are, as a result of the provisions of this section and sections 226.008, 389.005, 389.610, and 621.040, transferred to the department of transportation will not become members of the closed plan of the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system unless they elect to transfer membership and creditable service to the closed plan of the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system. The election must be in writing and must be made within sixty days of August 28, 2007. Any election to transfer membership and creditable service to the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system shall result in the forfeiture of any rights or benefits in the Missouri state employees' retirement system. Any failure to elect to transfer membership and creditable service pursuant to this subsection will result in the employees remaining in the closed plan of the Missouri state employees' retirement system. If an election is made, the effective date for commencement of membership and transfer of such creditable service shall be January 1, 2008.
2. Employees who are earning credited service in the year 2000 plan of the Missouri state employees' retirement system and who are, as a result of the provisions of this section and sections 226.008, 389.005, 389.610, and 621.040, transferred to the department of transportation will remain in the year 2000 plan administered by the Missouri state employees' retirement system unless they elect to transfer membership and credited service to the year 2000 plan administered by the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system. The election must be in writing and must be made within sixty days of August 28, 2007. Any election to transfer membership and credited service to the year 2000 plan administered by the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system shall result in the forfeiture of any rights or benefits in the Missouri state employees' retirement system. Any failure to elect to transfer membership and credited service pursuant to this subsection will result in the employees remaining in the year 2000 plan administered by the Missouri state employees' retirement system. If an election is made, the effective date for commencement of membership and transfer of such creditable service shall be January 1, 2008.
3. For any employee who elects under subsection 1 or 2 of this section to transfer to the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system, the Missouri state employees' retirement system shall pay to the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system, by December 31, 2007, an amount actuarially determined to equal the liability transferred from the Missouri state employees' retirement system.
4. In no event shall any employee receive service credit for the same period of service under more than one retirement system as a result of the provisions of this section.
5. For any transferred employee who elects under subsection 1 or 2 of this section to transfer to the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system, the only medical coverage available for the employee shall be the medical coverage provided in section [104.270] 103.120. The effective date for commencement of medical coverage shall be January 1, 2008. However, this does not preclude medical coverage for the transferred employee as a dependent under any other health care plan.
6. Those employees transferred to the department of transportation prior to January 1, 2003, under the provisions of this section and sections 226.008, 389.005, 389.610, and 621.040, shall not be eligible for the election provisions under this section.
104.806. 1. Employees who are earning creditable service in the closed plan of the Missouri state employees' retirement system and who are transferred to the department of transportation as a result of the provisions of executive order 03-05 will not become members of the closed plan of the highways and transportation employees' and highway patrol retirement system unless they elect to transfer membership and creditable service to the closed plan of the highways and transportation employees' and highway patrol retirement system. The election must be in writing and must be made within ninety days of July 1, 2003. Any election to transfer membership and creditable service to the highways and transportation employees' and highway patrol retirement system shall result in the forfeiture of any rights or benefits in the Missouri state employees' retirement system. Any failure to elect to transfer membership and creditable service pursuant to this subsection will result in the employees remaining in the closed plan of the Missouri state employees' retirement system. If an election is made, the effective date for commencement of membership and transfer of such creditable service shall be January 1, 2004.
2. Employees who are earning credited service in the year 2000 plan of the Missouri state employees' retirement system and who are transferred to the department of transportation as a result of the provisions of executive order 03-05 will remain in the year 2000 plan administered by the Missouri state employees' retirement system unless they elect to transfer membership and credited service to the year 2000 plan administered by the highways and transportation employees' and highway patrol retirement system. The election must be in writing and must be made within ninety days of July 1, 2003. Any election to transfer membership and credited service to the year 2000 plan administered by the highways and transportation employees' and highway patrol retirement system shall result in the forfeiture of any rights or benefits in the Missouri state employees' retirement system. Any failure to elect to transfer membership and credited service pursuant to this subsection will result in the employees remaining in the year 2000 plan administered by the Missouri state employees' retirement system. If an election is made, the effective date for commencement of membership and transfer of such creditable service shall be January 1, 2004.
3. For any employee who elects pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 of this section to transfer to the highways and transportation employees' and highway patrol retirement system, the Missouri state employees' retirement system shall pay to the highways and transportation employees' and highway patrol retirement system, by December 31, 2003, an amount actuarially determined to equal the liability at the time of the transfer to the extent that liability is funded as of the most recent actuarial valuation, not to exceed one hundred percent.
4. In no event shall any employee receive service credit for the same period of service under more than one retirement system as a result of the provisions of this section.
5. For any transferred employee who elects pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 of this section to transfer to the highways and transportation employees' and highway patrol retirement system, the only medical coverage available for the employee shall be the medical coverage provided in section [104.270] 103.120. The effective date for commencement of medical coverage shall be January 1, 2004. However, this does not preclude medical coverage for the transferred employee as a dependent under any other health care plan.
104.810. 1. Employees of the Missouri state water patrol who are earning creditable service in the closed plan of the Missouri state employees' retirement system and who are transferred to the division of water patrol with the Missouri state highway patrol shall elect within ninety days of January 1, 2011, to either remain a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system or transfer membership and creditable service to the closed plan of the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system. The election shall be made in writing after the employee has received a detailed analysis comparing retirement, life insurance, disability benefits, and medical benefits of a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system with the corresponding benefits provided an employee of the highway patrol covered by the closed plan of the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system. In electing plan membership the employee shall acknowledge and agree that an election made under this subsection is irrevocable, and constitutes a waiver to receive retirement, life insurance, disability benefits, and medical benefits except as provided by the system elected by the employee. Furthermore, in connection with the election, the employee shall be required to acknowledge that the benefits provided by virtue of membership in either system, and any associated costs to the employee, may be different now or in the future as a result of the election and that the employee agrees to hold both systems harmless with regard to benefit differences resulting from the election.
2. Employees of the Missouri state water patrol who are earning credited service in the year 2000 plan of the Missouri state employees' retirement system and who are transferred to the division of water patrol with the Missouri state highway patrol shall elect within ninety days of January 1, 2011, to either remain a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system or transfer membership and creditable service to the year 2000 plan of the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system. The election shall be made in writing after the employee has received a detailed analysis comparing retirement, life insurance, disability benefits, and medical benefits of a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system with the corresponding benefits provided an employee of the highway patrol covered by the year 2000 plan of the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system. In electing plan membership the employee shall acknowledge and agree that an election made under this subsection is irrevocable, and constitutes a waiver to receive retirement, life insurance, disability benefits, and medical benefits except as provided by the system elected by the employee. Furthermore, in connection with the election, the employee shall be required to acknowledge that the benefits provided by virtue of membership in either system, and any associated costs to the employee, may be different now or in the future as a result of the election and that the employee agrees to hold both systems harmless with regard to benefit differences resulting from the election.
3. The Missouri state employees' retirement system shall pay to the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system, by June 30, 2011, an amount actuarially determined to equal the liability at the time of the transfer for any employee who elects under subsection 1 or 2 of this section to transfer to the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system, to the extent that liability is funded as of the most recent actuarial valuation and based on the actuarial value of assets not to exceed one hundred percent.
4. In no event shall any employee receive service credit for the same period of service under more than one retirement system as a result of the provisions of this section.
5. The only medical coverage available for any employee who elects under subsection 1 or 2 of this section to transfer to the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system shall be the medical coverage provided in section [104.270] 103.120. The effective date for commencement of medical coverage shall be July 1, 2011. However, this does not preclude medical coverage for the transferred employee as a dependent under any other health care plan.
6. Any employee who elects under subsection 1 or 2 of this section to transfer to the Missouri department of transportation and highway patrol employees' retirement system and who is also thereafter a uniformed member of the highway patrol shall be subject to the mandatory retirement age stated in section 104.081.
[104.270. The state highways and transportation commission may provide for benefits to cover medical expenses and death for members of the closed and year 2000 plans of the highways and transportation employees' and highway patrol retirement system. Any plan may provide medical benefits for dependents of members and for retirees of the closed and year 2000 plans and for persons entitled to deferred annuities in the closed and year 2000 plans and their dependents. Death benefits shall be comparable to those provided for in section 104.517. Contributions by the state highways and transportation commission to provide the benefits shall be on the same basis as provided for other state employees under the provisions of section 104.515. Except as otherwise provided by law, the cost of benefits for dependents of members and for retirees and their dependents shall be paid by the members or retirees. The commission may contract with other persons or entities including but not limited to third-party administrators, health network providers, and health maintenance organizations for all, or any part of, the benefits provided for in this section. The commission may require reimbursement of any medical claims paid by the commission's medical plan for which there was third-party liability.]
[104.352. 1. Each employee described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 shall be entitled to the same insurance benefits provided under sections 103.003 to 103.175 to employees described in paragraph (a) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 to cover the medical expenses of such employees and their spouses and children. Such insurance benefits shall be made available to employees described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 upon their initial employment as such employees in the same manner provided for employees described in paragraph (a) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010, and shall be continued during any period of time, not to exceed one year, in which such employees are not paid for full-time employment, so long as such employees pay the same amount for such insurance benefits as is required of employees described in paragraph (a) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 who continue receiving such insurance benefits during a leave of absence without pay from their employment with the state. Any employee described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 who is reemployed by the general assembly or either house thereof, or by any member of the general assembly while acting in his official capacity as a member, by the thirteenth legislative day of the session of the general assembly immediately following the session of the general assembly in which such employee was last so employed, without having elected to discontinue the insurance benefits described in this subsection, shall be entitled to continue such insurance benefits without having to prove insurability for himself or any of his covered dependents for whom he has paid for such coverage continuously since last employed as an employee described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010. Any employee described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 who is not reemployed by the general assembly or either house thereof, or by any member of the general assembly while acting in his official capacity as a member, by the thirteenth legislative day of the session of the general assembly immediately following the session of the general assembly in which such employee was last so employed, shall be deemed terminated as an employee as of such thirteenth legislative day, and the insurance benefits provided for such employee under this subsection and sections 103.003 to 103.175 shall be terminated as provided for employees described in paragraph (a) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 whose employment is terminated. During each month of service in which an employee described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 is employed, the state shall make any contribution required by sections 103.003 to 103.175 for such employee.
2. Any employee described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (20) of section 104.010 who is actively employed on or after September 28, 1992, shall be deemed vested for purposes of determining eligibility for benefits under sections 104.320 to 104.620 after being so employed for at least sixty months.]
[104.801. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any legislation enacted by the general assembly which mandates the coverage of specific health benefits, services, or providers in the policies or contracts of insurers, health services corporations, health maintenance organizations, or other third-party payors, on and after January 1, 1991, also shall apply to the health benefit plans of the Missouri state employees' retirement system, the Missouri state transportation department retirement system, and any other health benefit plan provided by the state on behalf of its employees.]
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