Health Benefit for Retired Local Government Employees — Eligibility for Coverage — Implementation of Defined Contribution Plan or Related Investment Vehicle

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Public Officers and Employees
  4. Group Insurance for Public Officers and Employees
  5. Local Government Insurance Committee
  6. Health Benefit for Retired Local Government Employees — Eligibility for Coverage — Implementation of Defined Contribution Plan or Related Investment Vehicle

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  1. The local government insurance committee may establish a health benefit, as the local government insurance committee deems necessary and reasonable, for retired local government employees. The health benefit may be made available to retired employees who are drawing retirement benefits either through the Tennessee consolidated retirement system or through a non-TCRS retirement program sponsored by a participating local government agency.
  2. The local government insurance committee is authorized to establish the eligibility criteria for retirees and the administrative requirements for the collection of premiums.
  3. [Deleted by 2018 amendment.]
    1. The commissioner of finance and administration, the chair of the finance, ways and means committee of the senate, the chair of the finance, ways and means committee of the house of representatives, and the chair of the consolidated retirement board shall serve as trustees of any defined contribution plan or related investment vehicle established as a health benefit by the local government insurance committee under this section. The trustees shall have the authority to implement any such defined contribution plan or related investment vehicle. Notwithstanding § 8-27-103(a), such authority shall include, but not be limited to, administering any contract related to such defined contribution plan or related investment vehicle, procuring services necessary or desirable for efficient administration of the investment vehicles used for the health benefit and overseeing the investment policy for any investment vehicles used.
    2. The trustees shall delegate the duty to conduct the day-to-day responsibilities for managing the investment vehicles to the state treasurer.
    3. The costs associated with administering any such defined contribution plan or related investment vehicle shall be assessed to the funds generated by any such defined contribution plan or related investment vehicle and, if necessary, to the employee benefits trust.
    4. This subsection (d) shall be effective September 1, 2015.


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