Section 1. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a program of group life insurance, group accidental death and dismemberment insurance for certain persons in the service of the commonwealth, and group general or blanket hospital, surgical, medical, dental and other health insurance for such persons and their dependents.
Section 10. The commission shall require that, upon retirement of an employee, the policy or policies of insurance as set forth in section six, except the optional group life insurance referred to therein, shall provide that the five thousand dollars of group life insurance, the five thousand dollars of group accidental death and dismemberment insurance […]
Section 10A. Each employee insured for the minimum amounts of group life and group accidental death and dismemberment insurance provided in section six may, subject to such conditions as the commission shall approve, be insured for amounts of group life insurance and group accidental death and dismemberment insurance in addition to the minimum amounts provided […]
Section 10B. The commission shall negotiate with and purchase on such terms as it deems to be in the best interest of the commonwealth, certain political subdivisions that have accepted the provisions of this section, and the elderly governmental retirees and their dependents, from one or more insurance companies or non-profit hospital, medical or other […]
Section 10C. The commission shall negotiate with and purchase on such terms as it deems to be in the best interest of the commonwealth, certain political subdivisions that have been approved by the commission for inclusion under this section, and the active and retired employees and their dependents insured or eligible to be insured under […]
Section 10D. The commission shall establish a plan of disability insurance on such terms and conditions as it deems to be in the best interest of the commonwealth and its employees. With respect to any disability insurance which is in effect for an employee there shall be withheld from the salary or wages of such […]
Section 10E. The health and insurance benefits including, without limitation, policies of group life insurance group accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and the group general or blanket hospital, surgical, medical, dental and other health insurance as provided in this chapter for an employee of the commonwealth shall be continued for such employee for any period […]
Section 11. Upon the death of an employee or retired employee insured under this chapter, the surviving spouse, or the surviving dependent if there is no surviving spouse, or the surviving dependent if the surviving spouse subsequently dies, may continue the group general or blanket insurance providing hospital, surgical, medical, dental and other health insurance […]
Section 11A. (a) In the event of the granting of a judgment absolute of divorce or of separate support to which an employee or retiree who has health insurance or coverage under a plan or contract authorized by this chapter is a party, the person who was the spouse of said employee or retiree prior […]
Section 12. The commission shall negotiate with and purchase on such terms as it deems to be in the best interests of the commonwealth, the political subdivisions that have accepted the provisions of this section as of April 1, 2018 and teachers retired from such political subdivision who are receiving a pension, annuity or retirement […]
Section 13. Upon receipt of application from a political subdivision of the commonwealth having accepted the provisions of section eleven E of chapter thirty-two B, the commission shall determine whether the addition of the retired teachers, including dependents and surviving spouses, of the political subdivision to the group life and health insurance coverages provided to […]
Section 14. The commission may enter into a contract, hereinafter described, to make available the services of a health care organization to certain eligible active and retired employees and dependents, including the surviving spouse and dependents of such active and retired employees, on a voluntary and optional basis, as it deems to be in the […]
Section 15. The commission may negotiate with and purchase on such terms as it deems to be in the best interest of the commonwealth and its active and retired employees and their dependents eligible under this chapter, from one or more insurance carriers authorized to sell health insurance in the commonwealth, a policy or policies […]
Section 16. (a) An employee, in addition to the right of a deferred retiree status, or, conversion of insurance coverages to a non-group policy as provided in this chapter, and upon his involuntary termination of employment due to lack of funds, lack of work, or abolition of the position, may elect to continue all or […]
Section 17. The commission shall, subject to appropriation, establish a plan of benefits for certain employees which shall, subject to the procedures and conditions established by the commission, reimburse these employees for eligible dental and vision expenses up to but not exceeding two hundred dollars per year. The commission shall collect and manage the moneys […]
Section 17A. The commission shall provide to any active or retired employee of the commonwealth who is insured under the group insurance commission coverage for nonprescription enteral formulas for home use for which a physician has issued a written order and which are medically necessary for the treatment of malabsorption caused by Crohn’s disease, ulcerative […]
Section 17B. The commission shall provide to any active or retired employee of the commonwealth, who is insured under the group insurance commission, coverage for licensed hospice services to terminally ill patients with a life expectancy of six months or less, as set forth and regulated by the provisions of section fifty-seven D of chapter […]
Section 17C. The commission shall provide to any active or retired employee of the commonwealth who is insured under the group insurance commission coverage for prenatal care, childbirth and postpartum care, with a minimum of forty-eight hours of in-patient care following a vaginal delivery and a minimum of ninety-six hours of in-patient care following a […]
Section 17D. The commission shall provide to any active or retired employee of the commonwealth who is insured under the group insurance commission coverage for a bone marrow transplant for persons who have been diagnosed with breast cancer that has progressed to metastatic disease; provided, however, that said person shall meet the criteria established by […]
Section 17E. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: ”Prosthesis”, an artificial appliance used to replace a lost natural structure; provided, however, that prosthesis shall include, but not be limited to, artificial arms, legs, breasts, scalp hair or glass eyes. ”Scalp hair prosthesis”, an artificial substitute for […]
