SUBCHAPTER 3

HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT

OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS

§286-M.__Retired County and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers

and Municipal Firefighters Health Insurance Program

1.__Program established.__The Retired County and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers and Municipal Firefighters Health Insurance Program is established to provide health insurance coverage to retired county and municipal law enforcement officers and retired municipal firefighters.

2.__Definitions.__As used in this subchapter, the following terms have the following meanings.

A.__"County or municipal law enforcement officer" means a person who by virtue of employment by a county or municipal government in the State is vested by law with the power to make arrests for crimes or serve criminal process, whether that power extends to all crimes or is limited to specific crimes.__"County or municipal law enforcement officer" does not include a state or federal law enforcement officer, an attorney prosecuting for a county or municipal government or a reserve officer.

B.__"Dependent" means a spouse, an unmarried child under 19 years of age, a child who is a student under 23 years of age and financially dependent upon the enrollee, a child of any age who is disabled and dependent upon the enrollee or a domestic partner as defined in Title 24-A, section 2741-A.

C. "Division" means the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Division of State Employee Health Insurance.

D.__"Enrollee" means a county or municipal law enforcement officer or municipal firefighter who has enrolled in the program.

E. "Fund" means the Firefighters and Law Enforcement Officers Health Insurance Program Fund established in subsection 7.

F.__"Group health plan" or "group health insurance plan" means any employer-sponsored group health insurance plan, whether self-insured or fully insured,__that provides