2018 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 3 - State Elective Officers
Chapter 34 - Comptroller
Section 3-123uuu - State employee plan premium account. Nonpayment of premium.

(a) There is established an account to be known as the “state employee plan premium account”, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. All premiums paid by nonstate public employers and nonstate public employees pursuant to participation in the state employee plan shall be deposited into said account. The account shall be administered by the Comptroller, with the advice of the Health Care Cost Containment Committee, for payment of claims and administrative fees to entities providing coverage or services under the state employee plan.

(b) Each nonstate public employer shall pay monthly the amount determined by the Comptroller for coverage of its nonstate public employees or its nonstate public employees and retirees, as appropriate, under the state employee plan. A nonstate public employer may require each nonstate public employee to contribute a portion of the cost of his or her coverage under the plan, subject to any collective bargaining obligation applicable to such nonstate public employer.

(c) If any payment due by a nonstate public employer under this subsection is not paid after the date such payment is due, interest to be paid by such nonstate public employer shall be added, retroactive to the date such payment was due, at the prevailing rate of interest as determined by the Comptroller.

(d) If a nonstate public employer fails to make premium payments, the Comptroller may direct the State Treasurer, or any other officer of the state who is the custodian of any moneys made available by grant, allocation or appropriation payable to such nonstate public employer at any time subsequent to such failure, to withhold the payment of such moneys until the amount of the premium or interest due has been paid to the Comptroller, or until the State Treasurer or such custodial officer determines that arrangements have been made, to the satisfaction of the State Treasurer, for the payment of such premium and interest. Such moneys shall not be withheld if such withholding will adversely affect the receipt of any federal grant or aid in connection with such moneys.

(P.A. 15-93, S. 4; P.A. 16-169, S. 20.)

History: P.A. 16-169 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 6, 2016.