West Virginia Code 5-16-15 – Optional dental, optical, disability, and prepaid retirement plan, and audiology and hearing-aid service plan
(a) The director shall make available to participants in the public employees insurance system:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 5-16-15
- Director: means the Director of the Public Employees Insurance Agency created by this article. See West Virginia Code 5-16-2
- Plan: means a group hospital and surgical insurance plan or plans, a group prescription drug insurance plan or plans, a group major medical insurance plan or plans, and a group life and accidental death insurance plan or plans. See West Virginia Code 5-16-2
(1) A dental insurance plan;
(2) An optical insurance plan;
(3) A disability insurance plan;
(4) A prepaid retirement insurance plan; and
(5) An audiology and hearing-aid services insurance plan.
(b) Public employees insurance participants may elect to participate in any one of these plans separately or in combination. All actuarial and administrative costs of each plan shall be totally borne by the premium payments of the participants or local governing bodies electing to participate in that plan. The director is authorized to employ such administrative practices and procedures with respect to these optional plans as are authorized for the administration of other plans under this article. The director shall establish separate funds for each of the above listed plans. The funds shall not be supplemented by nor be used to supplement any other funds.