(a) All members of the Policemen's and Firefighters' Retirement Fund of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, operated pursuant to KRS 67A.360, et seq., who retire on or after July 1, 1999 or who withdraw from service on a certificate pursuant to KRS 67A.410(2), shall be eligible to participate in a group health insurance plan (providing hospital and medical or health maintenance organization health care coverage) approved by the urban county council for such retirees (the "plan").
(b) The urban county government shall provide, on behalf of all members of the Policemen's and Firefighters' Retirement Fund who retire on or after July 1, 1999 and who elect to participate in the group health insurance plan coverage provided pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the following benefits: (1) for the period from July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2000, a sum equal to fifty (50) percent of the urban county government's contribution to the health insurance component of the benefit pool for current urban county government employees (the "contribution"); and (2) for the period from July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001 and thereafter, a sum equal to the single premium for the plan coverage selected by the retiree, but not more than one hundred (100) percent of the contribution. The benefits available under this subsection shall be made available to members who withdraw from service on a certificate when they attain the age of forty-six (46) years if they elect to participate in the group health insurance plan provided pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and continue such participation until attaining age forty-six (46).
(c) Except as provided in subsection (b) for members who withdraw from service on a certificate, no benefits shall be available under this section to retired members of the Policemen's and Firefighters' Retirement Fund who were not, prior to July 1, 1999, participants in the group health insurance plan coverage provided to urban county government employees and retirees.
(d) All payments shall be made to the approved provider of the group health insurance plan, not to the retiree, and the retiree shall not be entitled to receive any portion of the government contribution remaining after payment is made to the approved provider.
(e) Group rates under the group health insurance plan approved by the urban county council under subsection (a) shall be made available to the spouse, dependents, and disabled children, regardless of the disabled child's age, of a qualified and participating retiree or certificate holder, if the premium for the spouse, dependant, or disabled child is paid by payroll deduction or similar method.
(Ord. No. 198-99, § 2, 7-8-99; Ord. No. 4-2001, § 1, 1-11-01)