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An Act To Expand Health Insurance Options for Town Academies
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §285, sub-§1, ¶J, as amended by PL 2011, c. 438, §2, is further amended to read:
 
J. Legislative employees that are recipients of retirement allowances from the Maine Public Employees Retirement System based upon creditable service as teachers, as defined by section 17001, subsection 42; and
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §285, sub-§1, ¶K, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 438, §3, is amended to read:
 
K. Any employee of a school administrative unit as defined in Title 20-A, section 1, subsection 26 or of an educational advisory organization as described in Title 30-A, section 5724, subsection 9.; and
Sec. 3.  5 MRSA §285, sub-§1, ¶L  is enacted to read:
 
L.  Any employee of an academy approved for tuition purposes in accordance with Title 20-A, sections 2951 to 2955.
Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §285, sub-§1-B, as amended by PL 2011, c. 438, §4, is further amended to read:
 
1-B. Ineligibility.   Except as provided in subsection 1, paragraphparagraphs K and L and subsection 11-A, members of the Maine Municipal Association and employees of counties and municipalities and instrumentalities thereof, including quasi-municipal corporations, are not eligible to participate in the group health plan under this section.
 
SUMMARY
This bill makes an employee of an academy approved for tuition purposes in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, sections 2951 to 2955 eligible for coverage under the group health plan available to state employees and other eligible persons.