Title 25, Public Officers and Employees; Public Records

The public school districts of the state, in their discretion, may pay with local funds one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of the health insurance premiums of the State and School Employees Health Insurance Plan for all retired members of the Public Employees’ Retirement Syst…

(1) Any benefits payable under the plan may be made either directly to the attending physicians, hospitals, medical groups, or others furnishing the services upon which a claim is based, or to the covered employee, upon presentation of valid bills for such services, subject to su…

On or before July 1, 1972, the board shall notify all department, agency and institution heads that the employee deductions shall commence on said date.

No agency, board, school district, community/junior college, public library, university, institution or authority of the state shall withdraw, or authorize any agency or institution under its management and control to withdraw, from the State and School Employees Life and Health …

There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “ARPA-DFA-Office of Insurance Lost Revenue Fund,” which shall consist of funds made available by the Legislature in any manner and funds from any other source designated for deposit into such fund. The …

(a) For the purposes of this article, the words and phrases used herein shall have the following meanings:(a) “Employee” means a person who works full time for the State of Mississippi and receives his compensation in a direct payment from a department, agency or institution of t…

(1) The board shall administer the plan and is authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for its administration, subject to the terms and limitations contained in this article. (2) The board shall develop a five-year strategic plan for the insurance plan establishe…

Such health insurance shall not include expense incurred by or on account of an individual prior to July 1, 1972, as to him; dental care and treatment, except dental surgery and appliances to the extent necessary for the correction of damage caused by accidental injury while cove…

(1) (a) The board shall design a plan of health insurance for state employees that provides benefits for semiprivate rooms in addition to other incidental coverages that the board deems necessary. The amount of the coverages shall be in such reasonable amount as may be determined…

The governing board of any county, municipality, municipal separate school district, other school district or community/junior college district, and the governing board or head of any institution, department or agency of any county or municipality may negotiate for and secure for…

(1) The maximum amount of group insurance or other coverage used in determining employer’s limitation of one hundred percent (100%) of such costs shall be determined by regulations promulgated by the governing board or head of any political subdivision, school district, junior co…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 25-15-101 and 25-15-103, Mississippi Code of 1972, to the contrary, the board of trustees of municipal separate school districts serving students of regular armed forces parents and other federally employed parents in federally impacted …

The Military Department is authorized and empowered to procure and pay for group death and dismemberment insurance coverage to protect members of the National Guard and their estates, or their named beneficiaries, to the extent of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per per…

(1) As used in this section, the following words have the meanings as defined in this subsection:(a) “State Sponsored Life Insurance Program” or “program” means the life insurance program offered exclusively to the members of the Mississippi National Guard through the National Gu…

(1) The board may contract the administration and service of the self-insured program to a third party. Whenever the board chooses to contract with an administrator for the insurance plan established by Section 25-15-3 et seq., it shall comply with the procedures set forth in thi…

(1) There is created the State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board, which shall administer the State and School Employees Life and Health Insurance Plan provided for under Section 25-15-3 et seq. The State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board,…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi First Responders Health and Safety Act” and may also be referred to as the “Arson Investigator Danny Benton and Police Chief Henry Manuel, Sr., Act.”

(a) For purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “Cancer” means a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body or a malignant growth or tumor resulting …

(1) As an alternative to pursuing workers’ compensation benefits, upon a diagnosis of cancer, a first responder is entitled to the following benefits:(a) Provided the diagnosis occurs on or after the first responder’s effective date of coverage, a lump-sum benefit of Thirty-five …

The costs of purchasing an insurance policy that provides for cancer coverage in compliance with this article, or the costs of providing such benefits through a self-funded system in compliance with this article, must be borne solely by the employer that employs the eligible firs…

(1) The state, municipality, county or fire protection district shall, no later than January 1, 2024, show proof of insurance coverage that meets the requirements of this article to the Commissioner of Insurance, or shall show satisfactory proof of the ability to pay such compens…

There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “Mississippi First Responders Health and Safety Trust Fund” to be administered by the Commissioner of Insurance, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to assist the state, municipalities, counties and …