Title 49, Title 49: Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act

49-18-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Compensation" means the total amount of payments which are currently includable in gross income made by a participating employer to a member of this system for services rendered to the participating employer. "Compensation" in…

49-18-103. Creation of system. There is created for judges the "Judges' Noncontributory Retirement System."

49-18-104. Creation of trust fund. (1) There is created the "Judges' Noncontributory Retirement Trust Fund" for the purpose of paying the benefits and costs of administering this system. (2) The fund shall consist of all money, including interest, and assets transferred to it und…

49-18-201. System membership -- Eligibility. (1) Judges appointed after July 1, 1997, are members of and are eligible for service credit in this system. (2) Any judge appointed prior to July 1, 1997, may either become a member of the Judges' Noncontributory Retirement System or r…

49-18-301. Contributions by employees and employers -- Retirement fees. (1) In addition to the money paid to this system under Subsection, participating employers shall pay the certified contribution rates to the office to maintain this system on a financially and actuarially sou…

49-18-401. Eligibility for an allowance -- Date of retirement -- Qualifications. (1) A member is qualified to receive an allowance when: the member has a bona fide termination of employment before the member's retirement date and provides evidence of the termination; the member h…

49-18-402. Calculation of retirement allowance. (1) A retiree under this system shall receive an allowance equal to: 5% of the final average monthly salary multiplied by the number of years of service credit, limited to 10 years; plus 2.25% of the final average monthly salary mul…

49-18-403. Annual cost-of-living adjustment. (1) The office shall make an annual cost-of-living adjustment to: an allowance paid under Sectionand, of this chapter if the benefit has been paid for at least one year; and 49-18-402 Part 5, Death Benefit a payment made to an alternat…

49-18-501. Death benefit for members before retirement -- Computation. (1) Upon the receipt of acceptable proof of death of a member before the member's retirement date, the member's surviving spouse shall have the choice of the following death benefits: a refund of the member's …

49-18-502. Benefits payable upon death of retired member. (1) The death benefit payable to a retiree's surviving spouse is an allowance equal to 65% of the allowance which was being paid to the retiree at the time of death. (2) Notwithstanding the amount of the allowance under Su…

49-18-503. Surviving spouse includes certain former spouses -- Benefit calculation for former spouse. (1) The benefit calculation for a surviving spouse with a valid domestic relations order benefits on file with the office before the member's death date in accordance with Sectio…

49-18-701. Judges' mandatory retirement age. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, a judge shall retire upon attaining the age of 75 years. (2) (2) A judge serving on July 1, 1996, who is 75 years of age or older on July 1, 1996, or who attains 75 years of age prior to the judge'…

49-19-101. Title. This chapter is known as the "Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Act."

49-19-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Governor" includes former governors. (2) "Legislator" includes former legislators. (3) "Plan" means the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan created under this chapter.

49-19-103. Creation of plan. There is created for Utah governors and legislators the "Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan."

49-19-104. Creation of trust fund. (1) There is created the "Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Trust Fund" for the purpose of paying the benefits and costs of administering this plan. (2) The fund shall consist of all money paid into it, including interest, in accordanc…

49-19-201. Plan participation -- Eligibility. (1) A governor or legislator is eligible for service credit in this plan during their term of service in their elected position if the governor or legislator: entered office before July 1, 2011; or accrued service credit in a Tier I s…

49-19-301. Contribution rate -- Annual legislative appropriation. (1) The Legislature, by means of annual appropriations, shall maintain this plan on a financially and actuarially sound basis. (2) The Legislature shall cause the appropriate amount to be paid to the office.

49-19-401. Eligibility for an allowance -- Governor -- Legislator. (1) A governor is qualified to receive an allowance when: the governor has submitted to the office a retirement application form that states the proposed retirement date; and one of the following conditions is met…

49-19-402. Calculation of allowance -- Reduction for early retirement. (1) The base retirement amount for a governor under this plan is $500 per term, adjusted as provided in Sectionsince 1973. 49-19-404 A governor's allowance shall be calculated by multiplying the base retiremen…

49-19-403. Retirement option. (1) A governor or legislator may elect to forfeit the allowance provided by this chapter and in lieu thereof participate, on the same basis as other state elected and appointed officers under, in a defined contribution plan administered by the office…

49-19-404. Annual cost-of-living adjustment. (1) The office shall make an annual cost-of-living adjustment to: an original allowance paid under Sectionand, of this chapter if the benefit has been paid for at least one year; 49-19-402 Part 5, Death Benefit an original payment made…

49-19-501. Death of member or retiree -- Surviving spouse benefit. (1) Upon the death of a governor or legislator who has not yet retired and who has completed four or more years in the elected office, the member's surviving spouse shall receive an allowance equal to 50% of the a…

49-19-502. Surviving spouse at the time of death includes certain former spouses -- Benefit calculation for former spouse. (1) The benefit calculation for a surviving spouse with a valid domestic relations order benefits on file with the office before the member's death date in a…

49-20-101. Title. This chapter is known as the "Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program Act."

49-20-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Covered employer" means an employer that offers employee benefit plans under this chapter to its employees and their dependents. (2) "Covered individual" means an employee and the employee's dependents eligible for coverage un…

49-20-103. Creation of insurance program. (1) There is created for the employees of the state, its educational institutions, and political subdivisions the "Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program" within the office. (2) The program may also be known and function as the P…

49-20-104. Creation of fund. (1) There is created the "Public Employees' Trust Fund" for the purpose of paying the benefits and the costs of administering this program. (2) The fund shall consist of all money and interest paid into it in accordance with this chapter, whether in t…

49-20-105. Purpose -- Benefits are not a continuing obligation. (1) The purpose of this chapter is to provide a mechanism for covered employers to provide covered individuals with group health, dental, medical, disability, life insurance, medicare supplement, conversion coverage,…

49-20-201. Program participation -- Eligibility -- Optional for certain groups. (1) The state shall participate in the program on behalf of the state's employees. Other employers, including political subdivisions and educational institutions, are eligible, but are not required, t…

49-20-202. Establishment of separate risk pools. (1) The program shall establish separate risk pools for: state employees; and the Utah Children's Health Insurance Program. (2) In accordance with participation standards established by the program, the following entities may elect…

49-20-301. Payments made by employer and employee. The program shall be maintained on a financially and actuarially sound basis by payments from covered employers and covered individuals.

49-20-401. Program -- Powers and duties. (1) The program shall: act as a self-insurer of employee benefit plans and administer those plans; enter into contracts with private insurers or carriers to underwrite employee benefit plans as considered appropriate by the program; indemn…

49-20-402. Reserves to be held -- Refunds. (1) The reserves in a risk pool in a given fiscal year shall be maintained at the level recommended by the program's consulting actuary and approved or ratified by the board. If the reserves drop below that level, covered employers in th…

49-20-403. Assistance to members in purchase of life, health, dental, and medical insurance after retirement -- Employment of personnel to administer section. (1) The program may assist active and retired covered individuals and inactive covered individuals of the covered employe…

49-20-404. Governors' and legislative paid-up group health coverage benefit -- Limitations -- Medicare supplemental coverage -- Spouse coverage -- Limitations. (1) Except as provided under Subsection, the state shall pay the percentage of the cost of providing paid-up group healt…

49-20-405. Audit required -- Report to governor and Legislature. The Insurance Department shall biennially audit the Public Employees' Trust Fund and programs authorized under this chapter and report its findings to the governor and the Legislature, but the commissioner may accep…

49-20-406. Insurance benefits for employees' beneficiaries. (1) As used in this section: "Children" includes stepchildren and legally adopted children. "Line-of-duty death" means a death resulting from: external force or violence occasioned by an act of duty as an employee; or st…

49-20-407. Insurance mandates. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection: (1) health coverage offered to the state employee risk pool under Subsectionshall comply with the provisions of Sectionsand; and 49-20-202(1)(a) 31A-22-605.5 31A-45-501 (2) a health plan offered to publi…

49-20-407.1. Time to add child to plan. (1) After a birth or adoption, the program shall allow an individual to add the individual's newly born or adopted child to the individual's health plan or health coverage for a period of 60 days after the day the birth or adoption of the c…

49-20-408. Prohibition against certain uses of Social Security numbers. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection, health, dental, medical, Medicare supplement, or conversion coverage offered under Sectionshall comply with the provisions of Section.

49-20-409. Long-term disability -- Cost of health coverage benefit. (1) Under the direction of the board, the program shall provide for health insurance coverage for state employees who receive a monthly disability benefit under. Title 49, Chapter 21, Public Employees' Long-Term …

49-20-410. High deductible health plan -- Health savings account -- Contributions. (1) In addition to other employee benefit plans offered under Subsection, the office shall offer at least one federally qualified high deductible health plan with a health savings account as an opt…

49-20-413. Pilot program for on-site employee clinic. (1) Within state premiums paid to the state risk pool from the Legislature, the program shall establish a primary care clinic: for state employees and their dependents; within a state building that is accessible to a large num…

49-20-414. Telemedicine services -- Reimbursement -- Reporting. (1) As used in this section: "Network provider" means a health care provider who has an agreement with the program to provide health care services to a patient with an expectation of receiving payment, other than coi…

49-20-416. Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment program reimbursement. (1) As used in this section: "Controlled substance prescriber" means a controlled substance prescriber, as that term is defined in Section, who: 58-37-303 has a record of having completed S…