§ 1 Purpose of chapter
§ 2 Definitions
§ 2A Traffic supervisors as employees
§ 2B Reserve, permanent-intermittent or call firefighters as employees
§ 3 Purchase of group life, accidental death, etc., insurance policies; reinsurance agreements
§ 3A Administrative services contract for payment of claims by political subdivision; claims trust fund; annual audit
§ 4 Automatic insurance of employees; election to forego coverage; notice; withdrawal
§ 5 Amount of employee insurance coverage; schedules of benefits; determination; excess coverage, withholding of premium
§ 6 Employees to furnish information; certificate or booklet of coverage
§ 7 Premiums; withholding, contribution; direct payment
§ 7A Contribution and withholding for premiums; subsidiary or additional rate; payments in lieu of withholding; acceptance of section
§ 8 Dividends, refunds and rate credits to inure to benefit of governmental unit
§ 8A Dividends and refunds; deposit in employees’ group insurance trust fund; administrative costs; effective date
§ 9 Policy provisions
§ 9A Political subdivision; contribution for insurance premiums of retired employees
§ 9B Death of employee or retired employee; continuation of insurance coverage by spouse
§ 9C Death of fire fighter; continuation of insurance coverage by spouse; contribution by governmental unit; acceptance of provisions
§ 9C1/2 Death of call, volunteer, intermittent, part-time or reserve firefighter, emergency medical services provider or police officer; continuation of insurance coverage by spouse and dependents
§ 9D Insurance premium payable by surviving spouse; contribution by political subdivisions
§ 9D1/2 Insurance premium payable by surviving spouse; additional contribution by political subdivisions
§ 9D3/4 Insurance premium payable by surviving spouse; additional contribution by political subdivisions not accepting provisions of Secs. 9D or 9D1/2
§ 9E Subsidiary or additional rate; payment by political subdivisions; premium payment by retired employee; acceptance of section
§ 9F Retired local employees; life, accidental death and dismemberment coverage; acceptance of section
§ 9G Surviving spouse of police officer killed in line of duty; continuation of group coverage; payment of premiums; acceptance of section
§ 9H Divorced or separated spouses; continuation of group coverage
§ 9I Employees on military leave of absence for active service; payment of premiums; acceptance of section
§ 10 Acceptance of chapter by county, city, town, municipality or district
§ 10A Purchase of insurance by public authority following acceptance of chapter
§ 11 Schedules of insurance benefits; establishment; joint participation; administration
§ 11A Additional insurance; application; cancellation; conversion
§ 11B Insurance for elderly government retirees
§ 11C Optional medicare extension
§ 11D Accidental insurance for policemen and firefighters; payment of portion of premiums by municipalities
§ 11E Life and health insurance for retired teachers; appropriation of funds authorized; acceptance of section by political subdivisions
§ 11F Disability income insurance for nonoccupational injury or disease; premiums; cancellation; dividends or refunds; acceptance of this section
§ 12 Joint negotiation and purchase of insurance by governmental units; trusts or joint purchase agreements for health care coverage
§ 14 Rules and regulations
§ 15 Insurance coverage for employees of governmental units; appropriation or expenditure of public funds for payment of premiums
§ 16 Optional insurance for services of health care organizations
§ 17 Election to continue insurance coverages; notice
§ 18A Transfer of retiree, spouse or dependent to Medicare health plan
§ 19 Health carriers; contracts; public employee committees; agreements with public authorities; transfer of subscribers to commission
§ 20 Other Post–Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund; sources of funding; custodian; trustees; separate OPEB Fund board of trustees as investing authority; expenditures and investments
§ 20A Actuarial valuation report on liabilities for health care and other post-employment benefits for retired employees; summary report
§ 21 Manner of changing health insurance benefits; estimation of savings; approval of agreement; immediate implementation; time for review; distribution of savings; regulations
§ 22 Copayments, deductibles, tiered provider network copayments and other cost-sharing plan design features; increases
§ 23 Transfer of subscribers to commission; notice; transfer to Medicare of eligible subscribers; withdrawal from commission coverage; group coverage provided by commission; deficit in claims trust fund by self-insured political subdivision; administration of
§ 24 Health care flexible spending accounts
§ 25 Health reimbursement arrangements
§ 26 Enrollment audit
§ 27 Historical claims data
§ 28 Joint negotiation and purchase of coverage
§ 29 Annual report on non-Medicare and Medicare plans with largest subscriber enrollments
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 32B - Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance for Persons in the Service of Counties, Cities, Towns and Districts, and Their Dependents

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Interests: includes any form of membership in a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 156D sec. 11.01
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.