Title 16

Any employee or retiree knowingly and willfully submitting materially false information to the board or engaging in fraudulent activity that causes financial harm to the plan may, upon a determination by the board: (1) repay all claims and other expenses, including an interest ch…

Employee premium contributions shall be deducted, by all employers, from payroll on a pretax basis as permitted under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. The board is authorized to transfer the necessary funds from the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Plan to th…

The members of the Public Employees’ Health Insurance Board and their employees shall not be liable for punitive damages for acts arising out of the good faith performance of their duties in administering the health insurance plan. (Acts 1983, No. 83-455, p. 640, §3.)

The health insurance plan provided for in this article shall be designed by the board to provide a reasonable relationship between the hospital, surgical, and medical benefits to be included and the expected hospital, surgical, and medical expenses to be incurred by the affected …

(a) The board is hereby empowered and authorized to establish a fully insured or self-insured health insurance plan for employees and, under certain conditions, retired employees and to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of such plan subject to such…

The board may, no later than January 1, 2006, offer employees a supplemental policy that provides secondary coverage to other employer group coverage. (1) For employees who have spouses with other employer group health insurance coverage available to them through their employer o…

The board may offer retirees a supplemental policy that provides secondary coverage to other employer group coverage and certain requirements shall be maintained regarding retiree health coverage and cost sharing. (1) For employees who retire after September 30, 2005, and who bec…

Such health insurance shall not include the following: (1) Expenses incurred by or on account of an individual prior to the effective date of the plan as to him; (2) Hearing aids and examinations for the prescription or fitting thereof; (3) Cosmetic surgery or treatment, except t…

(a) The board may execute a contract or contracts to provide for the benefits or the administration of the plan determined in accordance with this article. The contract or contracts may be executed with one or more agencies or corporations licensed to transact or administer group…

(a) The Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Board is hereby authorized to provide under the contract or contracts entered into under the provisions of this article an insurance benefit plan for each covered employee and, under certain conditions, retired employees; the c…

(a) The board shall set forth the employer contribution to the health insurance premium for each retiree class. (b)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), for employees who retire after September 30, 2005, but before January 1, 2012, the employer contribution of the health ins…

(a) All employees and, under certain conditions, retired employees as defined in Section 16-25A-1 at the time of adoption and execution by the board of a contract or other arrangement providing for group health insurance plans and who are eligible for coverage under the provision…

There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1988, to each person whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1987, and to beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees provided the …

In addition to the foregoing amount an additional cost-of-living adjustment is provided effective October 1, 1989 as follows: (1) One dollar per month for each year of service attained by said retiree for each retiree selecting the maximum retirement allowance or Option 1. (2) On…

(a) There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1988 to certain persons identified in subsection (b) herein, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1987 and to certain beneficiaries of…

(a) In addition to the foregoing amount an additional cost-of-living adjustment is provided effective October 1, 1989 as follows: (1) One dollar per month for each year of service attained by said retiree for each retiree selecting the maximum retirement allowance or Option 1. (2…

The survivor allowance shall be adjusted as provided in Section 16-25-40(3) for those eligible retirees who have selected a monthly survivor allowance payable to a designated beneficiary upon the death of such retiree. (Acts 1988, No. 88-600, p. 932, §5.)

(a) There is hereby appropriated from the Education Trust Fund to the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama $7,276,740 for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1988, or such amounts as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section as it relates to the Teachers’ Retir…

Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for such benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided herein shall not be entitled to receive said increase. Any person who shall subsequently apply for benefits under the Medi…

The provisions of this article are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating and providing for the payment of retirement benefits to the retired members of the Teachers’ Retirement System and certain members of the Employees’ Retirement System…

The Legislature finds that private employers have provided their employees with flexible employee benefit plans which provide a savings both to the employer and the employee, and that the State of Alabama, its departments and agencies, may provide the same tax-effective benefits …

The following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BOARD. The Public Education Flexible Employees Benefit Board. (2) EMPLOYEE. Any person employed by a state or local board of education, postsecondary institution, or other e…

(a) There is hereby created the Public Education Flexible Employees Benefit Board, which shall consist of the chair and vice chair of the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Board and three members of the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Board, one of whom sh…

The board is authorized to establish a flexible employee benefit plan for employees in compliance with Section 125 and any other applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code. The flexible employee benefit plan may provide for payments or salary reductions for qualified benefi…

In order to carry out the provisions of the flexible employee benefit plan or any long-term care plan, or both, the head of each department, agency, board of education, or other employer with employees as defined by Section 16-25A-1 shall provide, at no local administrative cost …

The board shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the flexible benefits program, including, but not limited to, setting policies and requirements concerning the administration of employee payments, amounts deducted pursuant to salary reduction agreements, and advances…

The board and the head of each department, agency, board of education, or other employer with employees as defined by Sections 16-25A-1 and 16-25A-11 and their employees shall not incur any liability to any employee for errors or omissions in the performance of any agreement auth…

Employee premium contributions shall be deducted from payroll by all employers on a pretax basis as permitted under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. All employers must offer a flexible benefit plan to all employees by October 1, 2005. Local school boards which are deemed…

There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1990 to each person whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1989, a cost-of-living increase of $1.00 per month for each year of creditable ser…

(a) There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1990, to certain persons identified in subsection (b) herein, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1989, a cost-of-living increase of …

(a) There is hereby appropriated from the Education Trust Fund to the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama $13,878,629.00 for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1990. In addition to the appropriation provided herein any available amounts from the existing funds of the Teacher…

Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for such benefits would be impaired by the cost of living increase provided herein shall not be entitled to receive said increase. Any person who shall subsequently apply for benefits under the Medi…

The provisions of this article are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating and providing for the payment of retirement benefits to the retired members of the Teachers’ Retirement System and certain members of the Employees’ Retirement System…

There is provided to each person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 1992, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and deceased retirees currently…

(a) Commencing October 1, 1993, there is provided to certain persons identified in subsection (b) of this section who are currently receiving benefits, whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 1992, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retireme…

The survivor allowance shall be adjusted as provided in Sections 16-25-80 and 16-25-81 for those eligible retirees who have selected a monthly survivor allowance payable to a designated beneficiary upon the death of the retiree. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-916, p. 215, §1.)

(a) There is appropriated from the Education Trust Fund to the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama $20,610,644 for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1993. (b) There is appropriated from the Education Trust Fund to the Employees’ Retirement System $38,320 for the fiscal year…

Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for the benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article shall not be entitled to receive the increase. Any person who shall subsequently apply for benefits under t…

This article is supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating and providing for the payment of retirement benefits to certain retired members of the Teachers’ Retirement System and certain retired members of the Employees’ Retirement System. Notwi…

Commencing October 1, 1994, there is provided to each person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 1994, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and…

(a) Commencing October 1, 1994, there is provided to certain persons identified in subsection (b) of this section who are currently receiving benefits, whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 1994, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retireme…

The survivor allowance shall be adjusted as provided in Sections 16-25-100 and 16-25-101 for those eligible retirees who have selected a monthly survivor allowance payable to a designated beneficiary upon the death of the retiree. (Acts 1994, No. 94-591, p. 1092, §3.)

The Board of Control of the Teachers’ Retirement System shall determine annually the amount to pay the cost of the benefits provided in this article and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer the percentum rate of earnable compensation required to be paid to the r…

Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for the benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article shall not be entitled to receive the increase. Any person who shall subsequently apply for benefits under t…

This article is supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating and providing for the payment of retirement benefits to certain retired members of the Teachers’ Retirement System and certain retired members of the Employees’ Retirement System. Notwi…

Commencing October 1, 1996, there is provided to each person currently receiving benefits whose effective date of retirement was prior to October 1, 1996, for purposes of receiving benefits from the Teachers’ Retirement System, and to certain beneficiaries of deceased members and…