Title 5, STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 12. The INPRS may request from the Internal Revenue Service any rulings or determination letters that the INPRS considers necessary or appropriate in order to implement or administer the account. As added by P.L.44-2007, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.108-2019, SEC.89.

Sec. 13. (a) The INPRS may designate the board of trustees of the fund to manage the assets in the account in the same manner and with the same limitations that apply to the management of the assets in the fund. (b) The assets in the account may be commingled or pooled with other…

Sec. 14. (a) The account may consist of the following: (1) Contributions made by a participant's employer to the account under section 15 or 16 of this chapter. (2) All earnings on investments or deposits of the account. (3) All contributions or payments to the account made in a …

Sec. 15. (a) Except as provided in subsections (c), (d), and (e), a participant's employer shall make contributions annually to the account on behalf of the participant sufficient to provide the benefit described in section 17 of this chapter. For a participant meeting the eligib…

Sec. 16. (a) Except as provided in subsection (f), if a participant meets all of the following conditions the participant is entitled to receive an additional contribution credited to the participant's subaccount and computed as described in subsection (b): (1) The participant is…

Sec. 17. (a) A retired participant is entitled to receive a benefit from the account. The benefit amount is the balance in the participant's subaccount as determined under this chapter. (b) A participant who is not a retired participant is not entitled to receive a benefit from t…

Sec. 18. The balance in a retired participant's subaccount may be used by the retired participant and the spouse and dependents of the retired participant to pay premiums for individual or group health coverage. As added by P.L.44-2007, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.124-2008, SEC.1.

Sec. 19. (a) The surviving spouse or dependent of a retired participant may use amounts credited to the retired participant to pay health insurance and other health care related expenses to the same extent and in the same manner as the retired participant. (b) If a retired partic…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "account" refers to the retirement medical benefits account established by section 11 of this chapter. As added by P.L.44-2007, SEC.1.

Sec. 20. The INPRS shall submit annually to the interim study committee on pension management oversight the information necessary for it to review the financial status of the account. As added by P.L.44-2007, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.108-2019, SEC.94.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "department" refers to the state personnel department established under IC 4-15-2.2. As added by P.L.44-2007, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.6-2012, SEC.27.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "employer" means the following: (1) For an elected officer, appointed officer, or employee of the executive branch of state government who is a participant in the retirement medical benefits account, the state, including any board, commission, dep…

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the public employees' retirement fund established under IC 5-10.3-2-1. As added by P.L.44-2007, SEC.1.

Sec. 6.5. "INPRS" refers to the Indiana public retirement system established by IC 5-10.5-2-1. As added by P.L.108-2019, SEC.87.

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "Internal Revenue Code": (1) means the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as in effect September 1, 1974, if permitted with respect to governmental plans; or (2) to the extent not inconsistent with subdivision (1), has the meaning set forth in IC 6-3-…

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "participant" means an individual for whom a subaccount is established under section 14 of this chapter. As added by P.L.44-2007, SEC.1.

Sec. 9. (a) As used in this chapter, "retired participant" means the following: (1) A participant who is eligible for a normal, unreduced or disability retirement benefit (as determined by the Indiana public employee retirement fund of which the participant is a member) on the pa…

Sec. 9.5. (a) This section applies only to a person who: (1) was an employee of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government (other than an employee described in section 1(b)(1) through 1(b)(3) of this chapter); (2) after June 30, 2007, and before July 1, 20…

Sec. 9.6. (a) This section applies only to a person who: (1) is an employee of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government (other than an employee described in section 1(b)(1) through 1(b)(3) of this chapter); and (2) after June 30, 2011, leaves employment …

Sec. 9.7. (a) This section does not apply to a: (1) retired participant or the spouse and dependents of a retired participant; or (2) participant who is eligible to receive an additional contribution under section 16 of this chapter. (b) Subject to applicable federal tax law, exc…