The board shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the flexible benefits program, including, but not limited to, setting policies and requirements concerning the administration of employee payments, amounts deducted pursuant to salary reduction agreements, and advances from the Public Employees’ Health Insurance Plan and appropriations, if any. The board may contract for services with the Flexible Employees’ Benefit Board for the first year of operation of the plan regarding pretax deductions for the payment of employee health insurance premium payments authorized by the board and may contract for services with the Flexible Employees’ Benefit Board or other entities in subsequent years. The board may contract for necessary services to implement the flexible benefits program including, but not limited to, the administration of salary reduction agreements and non-health insurance premium components of the flexible benefits plan.