G. "Majority multiple-employer welfare arrangement" means the multiple-employer welfare arrangement, as defined in Title 24-A, section 6601, subsection 5, in which the majority of state municipal government employees are enrolled as of the effective date of this section.

H.__"Municipal firefighter" means a person employed by a municipal fire department with the primary responsibility of aiding in the extinguishment of fires and includes a member of emergency medical services line personnel but does not include a member of a volunteer firefighter association.__ For the purposes of this paragraph, "emergency medical services line personnel" means persons who are career employees employed full-time by a public sector agency or employer and whose primary responsibility is to provide emergency medical services.

I. "Program" means the Retired County and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers and Municipal Firefighters Health Insurance Program established in this section.

3.__Eligibility for program coverage. A person must make contributions pursuant to subsection 8 for 60 months or the payment required pursuant to subsection 9 in order to be eligible for coverage under the program.__In addition, a person must satisfy the eligibility criteria specified in this subsection as follows:

A.__The person must:

(1)__Be at least 50 years of age;

(2)__Be a retired county or municipal law enforcement officer or a retired municipal firefighter;

(3)__Have, while actively employed as a county or municipal law enforcement officer or municipal firefighter, participated in the person's employer's health insurance plan or other fully-insured health insurance plan; and

(4)__Receive or be eligible to receive:

(a)__If retired from at least 25 years of service in a position as a county or municipal law enforcement officer or a municipal firefighter, a retirement benefit from the Maine State Retirement