2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [33] XXXIII EDUCATION - LIBRARIES
Chapter 3313: BOARDS OF EDUCATION
3313.202 [First of two versions] Insurance and fringe benefits.

Any elected or appointed member of the board of education of a school district and the dependent children and spouse of the member may be covered, at the option of the member, under any health care plan authorized under section 9.90 of the Revised Code. The member shall pay all premiums for that coverage. The member’s exercise of an option to be covered under this section shall be in writing, announced at a regular public meeting of the board of education, and recorded as a public record in the minutes of the board.

Amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 39, SB 171, § 1, eff. 6/30/2011.

Effective Date: 06-04-1997; 09-29-2005

This section is set out twice. See also § 3313.202, as amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 10, SB 5, § 1, subject to referendum.

3313.202 [Second of two versions] Health care plans

(A) As used in this section:

(1) “Health care plan” means any of the following types of insurance or coverage, or a combination of any of the following types of insurance or coverage, whether issued by an insurance company or a health insuring corporation duly licensed by this state:

(a) Hospitalization, surgical care, or major medical insurance;

(b) Sickness and accident insurance;

(c) Disability insurance;

(d) Dental care;

(e) Vision care;

(f) Medical care;

(g) Hearing aids;

(h) Prescription drugs.

(2) “Nonteaching employee” means any person employed in the public schools of the state in a position for which the person is not required to have a certificate or license issued pursuant to sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code.

(3) “Teaching employee” means any person employed in the public schools of this state in a position for which the person is required to have a certificate or license issued pursuant to sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code.

(B)(1) The board of education of a school district may procure and pay up to eighty-five per cent of the cost of a health care plan for any of the following:

(a) The teaching employees of the school district;

(b) The nonteaching employees of the school district;

(c) The dependent children and spouses of employees for whom coverage is procured.

(2) Any health care plan that a board of education procures under division (B)(1) of this section shall include best practices prescribed by the school employees health care board under section 9.901 of the Revised Code.

(3) The benefits provided to a management level employee, as defined in section 4117.01 of the Revised Code, under a health care plan that the board procures under this section shall be the same as any benefits provided to other employees of the board under a health care plan that the board procures under this section.

(4) A board of education shall continue to carry, on payroll records, all school employees whose sick leave accumulation has expired, or who are on a disability leave of absence or an approved leave of absence, for the purpose of group term life, hospitalization, surgical, major medical, or any other insurance. A board of education may pay all or part of such coverage except when those employees are on an approved leave of absence, or on a disability leave of absence for a period exceeding two years.

(C)[Paragraph as amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 10, SB 5, § 1] Any elected or appointed member of the board of education of a school district and the dependent children and spouse of the member may be covered, at the option of the member, as an employee of the school district under any health care plan adopted under this section . The provider of the benefits shall certify to the board the provider’s charge for coverage under each option available to employees under that plan, and the member shall pay to the school district the amount certified for that coverage. Payments for such coverage shall be made, in advance, in a manner prescribed by the board. The member’s exercise of an option to be covered under this section shall be in writing, announced at a regular public meeting of the board , and recorded as a public record in the minutes of the board.

[Paragraph as amended by Amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 39, SB 171, § 1] Any elected or appointed member of the board of education of a school district and the dependent children and spouse of the member may be covered, at the option of the member, under any health care plan authorized under section 9.90 of the Revised Code. The member shall pay all premiums for that coverage. The member’s exercise of an option to be covered under this section shall be in writing, announced at a regular public meeting of the board of education, and recorded as a public record in the minutes of the board.

Amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 10, SB 5, § 1. This amendment is subject to referendum in the Nov. 8, 2011 election.

Amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 39, SB 171, § 1, eff. 6/30/2011.

Effective Date: 06-04-1997; 09-29-2005

The amendment to this section by 129th General Assembly File No. 10, SB 5, § 1 has been made subject to referendum in the upcoming November, 2011 election.

This section is set out twice.