1. Any person employed by the Missouri development finance board on or after September 1, 2011, in a full-time position shall be both a state employee and a member of the Missouri state employees’ retirement system, except that such state employee shall not have coverage under the Missouri consolidated health care plan, unless such coverage is requested by the Missouri development finance board and approved by the board of trustees of the Missouri consolidated health care plan.

2. Employees described in subsection 1 of this section may not purchase and receive creditable or credited service in the Missouri state employees’ retirement system for prior full-time service with the Missouri development finance board except as follows: such employees shall be permitted to purchase all or a portion of their creditable or credited service in the Missouri state employees’ retirement system up to the actual years of prior full-time service with the Missouri development finance board. The cost of the full amount of such creditable or credited service allowed shall be an amount determined to equal the actuarial accrued liability at the time of the purchase to the extent the system’s actuarial accrued liability was funded as of the most recent actuarial valuation. If an employee pays less than the full amount so determined, the creditable or credited service granted shall be prorated accordingly. Employees may purchase and receive such creditable or credited service at any time on or after September 1, 2011, but before applying for retirement, and may do so notwithstanding any vesting requirement to the contrary. Any employee who purchases such creditable or credited service and subsequently terminates employment prior to becoming vested in the system may, upon proper application, receive a refund equal to the purchase amount.