(a) Any employees of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands located outside the Virgin Islands may purchase insurance as a group to cover costs of hospitalization, surgery, and other medical services, and to cover death and disability, in accordance with a plan or plans adopted by them. The Government shall pay one half (½) of the cost to each participating employee of any such plan or plans approved by the Governor. The remaining one half (½) of the cost to each employee shall be paid by the employee.
(b) Any insurance plan adopted under subsection (a) of this section shall be filed with the Director of Personnel and the commissioner of Finance by the participating employees.
(c) With respect to any plan or plans of group insurance established under subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner of Finance shall deduct from the salary of each participating employee such amount as is necessary to cover the cost of the plan to the employee for the payment of insurance premium written on the group plan or plans, and transmit the sum so deducted, together with the Government's portion of the costs, to the company carrying the insurance.