West Virginia Code 5-16-29 – Limitation on PEIA participation
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary, the director may not consider any employer eligible for participation in a plan except for the following:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 5-16-29
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Director: means the Director of the Public Employees Insurance Agency created by this article. See West Virginia Code 5-16-2
- Employer: means the State of West Virginia, its boards, agencies, commissions, departments, institutions, or spending units. 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
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
(1) All mandatory participants, including the State of West Virginia, its boards, agencies, commissions, departments, institutions, or spending units.
(2) Any county board of education or public charter school established pursuant to §18- 5G-1 et seq. of this code, if the charter school includes in its charter contract entered into pursuant to § 18-5G-7 of this code a determination to participate in the Public Employees Insurance program: Provided, That as it relates to eligible public charter schools, only employees directly employed by a charter school that is exempt from the payment of taxes under the United States Internal Revenue Code, Title 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3), may participate in a plan.
(3) Any employer participating in a plan as of the effective date of the enactment of this section in the regular session of the Legislature, 2021.