52:14-17.32a1 Funding of health care benefits for retired State employees under C.52:14-17.25 et seq.
48.Effective July 1, 2007, health care benefits for retired State employees and their dependents for which the State is required to pay the premiums or periodic charges under the "New Jersey State Health Benefits Program Act,( P.L.1961, c.49 (C.52:14-17.25 et seq.), shall be funded and paid by the State through a separate fund established in the Department of the Treasury. Beginning with the valuation period ending June 30, 2007, the Director of the Division of Pensions and Benefits shall annually compute a contribution to fund these health care benefits which shall be the amount necessary to pay the anticipated premiums or periodic charges for the benefits for the following valuation period and to provide that the balance in the fund as of the end of the following valuation period shall be increased by 3/5 of 1% of the salary of the active members for the valuation period. If the assets in the fund are insufficient to pay the premiums or periodic charges for the benefits, they shall be paid directly by the State. Nothing herein above shall alter health care benefits for qualified retirees and their dependents or relieve the State from its acknowledged obligation to fund the benefits.
L.2007, c.103, s.48.
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