                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUPPLEMENTAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE; STATE EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE FOR MILITARY
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (§ 2.2-2818.1)

A. The Department of Human Resource Management may offer a voluntary
supplemental health coverage program for state employees under this section.

B. Under the supplemental health coverage program, a state employee who is
eligible to participate in the health insurance program pursuant to &#xA7;
2.2-2818 and who is also eligible for benefits under the TRICARE Military Health
System as a military retiree may elect to receive coverage under a TRICARE
supplemental health plan offered as an option under the state&#8217;s cafeteria
plan established under &#xA7; 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. Dependents
eligible to participate in the state health insurance program who are also
TRICARE eligible may also be covered under the TRICARE supplemental health plan.

C. The cost of supplemental health coverage provided under this section shall be
paid in full by the member on a pre-tax basis subject to the rules and
regulations of &#xA7; 125 of the Internal Revenue Code.

D. The Department of Human Resource Management may not implement a supplemental
health coverage program under this section if the Department finds that the
program would not be cost-effective or would otherwise not be advantageous to
the state or program participants.

HISTORY: 2006, c. 93; 2011, cc. 35, 45.