Connecticut § 3-123aaa - Definitions.

§ 3-123aaa. Definitions.

Sec. 3-123aaa. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 3-123bbb to 3-123hhh, inclusive:

(1) “Health Care Cost Containment Committee” means the committee established in accordance with the ratified agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition pursuant to subsection (f) of section 5-278.

(2) “Killed in the line of duty” has the same meaning as provided in section 3-122a.

(3) “Nonprofit employee” means any employee of a nonprofit employer.

(4) “Nonprofit employer” means (A) a nonprofit corporation, organized under 26 USC 501, as amended from time to time, that (i) has a purchase of service contract, as defined in section 4-70b, or (ii) receives fifty per cent or more of its gross annual revenue from grants or funding from the state, the federal government or a municipality or any combination thereof, or (B) an organization that is tax exempt pursuant to 26 USC 501(c)(5), as amended from time to time.

(5) “Nonstate public employee” means any employee or elected officer of a nonstate public employer.

(6) “Nonstate public employer” means a municipality or other political subdivision of the state, including a board of education, quasi-public agency or public library. A municipality and a board of education may be considered separate employers.

(7) “Partnership plan” means a health care benefit plan offered by the Comptroller to (A) nonstate public employers or nonprofit employers pursuant to section 3-123bbb, (B) graduate assistants at The University of Connecticut and The University of Connecticut Health Center, (C) postdoctoral trainees at The University of Connecticut and The University of Connecticut Health Center, (D) graduate fellows at The University of Connecticut and The University of Connecticut Health Center, and (E) graduate students of The University of Connecticut participating in university-funded internships as part of their graduate program.

(8) “Police officer” has the same meaning as provided in section 7-294a.

(9) “State employee plan” means a self-insured group health care benefits plan established under subsection (m) of section 5-259.

(P.A. 11-58, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 416; P.A. 24-27, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 11-58 effective July 1, 2011; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subdiv. (6) by redefining “partnership plan”, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 24-27 added Subdiv. (2) defining “killed in the line of duty” and Subdiv. (8) defining “police officer” and renumbered remaining Subdivs., effective July 1, 2024.