Section 16-25A-40 Legislative findings. 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 to its public education employees. It is, therefore, the […]
Section 16-25A-41 Definitions. 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 employer with employees as defined by Sections 16-25A-1 and 16-25A-11 participating in […]
Section 16-25A-42 Board creation. (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 shall be the Director of Finance. Two members […]
Section 16-25A-43 Establishment of flexible employee benefit plan; long-term care plan. 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 benefits in […]
Section 16-25A-44 Participation of employees; purchase of benefits. 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 to […]
Section 16-25A-45 Rules and regulations; contracts for services. 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 from the Public Employees’ Health Insurance Plan and appropriations, if […]
Section 16-25A-46 Liability under article. 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 authorized by this article. (Act […]
Section 16-25A-47 Payroll deduction of contributions; applicability to local school boards. 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 […]
