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Rule Title: ELIGIBILITY
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Department: ADMINISTRATION
Chapter: STATE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION
Subchapter: Montana VEBA HRA
 
Latest version of the adopted rule presented in Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM):

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2.21.1937    ELIGIBILITY

(1) A group may be formed by:

(a) employees in an office, department, board, commission, attached agency, county, incorporated city or town, school district, unit of the university system, and the judicial and legislative branches of state government;

(b) employees in an organizational subdivision of an employer, such as a division, bureau, work unit, institution, etc.;

(c) employees in a bargaining unit; or

(d) other groups of employees defined by an employer that are not designed to provide individual decision-making regarding participation.

(2) A group may consist of employees who are:

(a) all currently eligible to retire;

(b) all currently ineligible to retire; or

(c) a mix of those eligible and ineligible to retire.

(3) No group may be formed with fewer than five employees.

(4) No group may be formed to benefit a select group of the highest paid employees. "Highest paid" means an annual compensation in the top 25% of employees ranked on the basis of total compensation paid during the year.

(5) Members in a group must be:

(a) eligible for sick leave;

(b) eligible for benefits with the employer;

(c) receiving an employer contribution for group benefits under 2-18-703, MCA, or other employer contribution to benefits; and

(d) active in the employer's retirement system.

(6) When a group is formed:

(a) members may not opt out of the group;

(b) current employees of the same employer not already in the group may not opt into the group;

(c) a participant may return to work but does not become a new member of a group unless hired into a job position eligible for the Montana VEBA HRA and meets all requirements in (5); and

(d) if an employee's circumstances change such that the employee becomes eligible to be a member of an existing group, the employee automatically becomes a member of this group.

 

History: 2-18-1305, MCA; IMP, 2-18-1310, MCA; NEW, 2005 MAR p. 911, Eff. 4/29/05; AMD, 2013 MAR p. 1083, Eff. 6/21/13; AMD, 2019 MAR p. 2011, Eff. 11/9/19.


 

 
MAR Notices Effective From Effective To History Notes
2-21-584 11/9/2019 Current History: 2-18-1305, MCA; IMP, 2-18-1310, MCA; NEW, 2005 MAR p. 911, Eff. 4/29/05; AMD, 2013 MAR p. 1083, Eff. 6/21/13; AMD, 2019 MAR p. 2011, Eff. 11/9/19.
2-21-473 6/21/2013 11/9/2019 History: 2-18-1305, MCA; IMP, 2-18-1302, MCA; NEW, 2005 MAR p. 911, Eff. 4/29/05; AMD, 2013 MAR p. 1083, Eff. 6/21/13.
4/29/2005 6/21/2013 History: 2-18-1305, MCA; IMP, 2-18-1302, MCA; NEW, 2005 MAR p. 911, Eff. 4/29/05.
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