ARTICLE 2. Definitions [22760. - 22787.]

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• 22760.

  "Annuitant" means:

  (a)A person, other than a National Guard member defined in Section 20380.5, who has retired within 120 days of separation from employment and who receives a retirement allowance under any state or University of California retirement system to which the state was a contributing party.

  (b)A surviving family member receiving an allowance in place of an annuitant who has retired as provided in subdivision (a), or as the survivor of a deceased employee under Section 21541, 21546, 21547, or 21547.7, or similar provisions of any other state retirement system.

  (c)A person who has retired within 120 days of separation from employment with a contracting agency as defined in Section 22768 and who receives a retirement allowance from the retirement system provided by the employer, or a surviving family member who receives the retirement allowance in place of the deceased.

  (d)A judge who receives the benefits provided by subdivision (e) of Section 75522.

  (e)A person who was a state member for 30 years or more and who, at the time of retirement, was a local member employed by a contracting agency.

  (f)A Member of the Legislature or an elective officer of the state whose office is provided by the California Constitution, who has at least eight years of credited service, and who meets the following conditions:

  (1)Permanently separates from state service on or after January 1, 1988, and not more than 10 years before or 10 years after his or her minimum age for service retirement, or is an inactive member of the Legislators' Retirement System pursuant to Section 9355.2.

  (2)Receives a retirement allowance under a state retirement system supported in whole or in part by state funds other than the University of California Retirement System.

  (g)An exempt employee who meets all of the following conditions:

  (1)Has at least 10 years of credited state service that includes at least two years of credited service while an exempt employee.

  (2)Permanently separates from state service on or after January 1, 1988, and not more than 10 years before or 10 years after his or her minimum age for service retirement.

  (3)Receives a retirement allowance under a state retirement system supported in whole or in part by state funds other than the University of California Retirement System.

  (h)A person receiving a survivor allowance pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 21570) of Chapter 14 of Part 3 provided that he or she was eligible to enroll in a health benefit plan on the date of the member's death, on whose account the survivor allowance is payable.

  (i)(1)A family member of a deceased retired member of the State Teachers' Retirement Plan, if the deceased member meets the following conditions:

  (A)Retired within 120 days of separation from employment.

  (B)Retired before the member's school employer elected to contract for health benefit coverage under this part.

  (C)Prior to his or her death, received a retirement allowance that did not provide for a survivor allowance to family members.

  (2)The family member shall elect coverage as an annuitant within one calendar year from the date that the deceased member's school employer elected to contract for health benefit coverage under this part.

• 22762.

  "Board" means the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System.

• 22764.

  "Carrier" means a private insurance company holding a valid outstanding certificate of authority from the Insurance Commissioner, a medical society or other medical group, a nonprofit membership corporation lawfully operating under Section 10270.5 of the Insurance Code, a health care service plan as defined under subdivision (f) of Section 1345 of the Health and Safety Code, or a health maintenance organization approved under Title XIII of the federal Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq.) that is lawfully engaged in providing, arranging, paying for, or reimbursing the cost of personal health services under insurance policies or contracts, medical and hospital service agreements, membership contracts, or the like, in consideration of premiums or other periodic charges payable to it.

• 22766.

  "Complementary annuitant premium" means the additional amount to be paid by an annuitant whose allowance falls below the premium required to maintain enrollment in the chosen health benefit plan.

• 22768.

  "Contracting agency" means an entity that meets the eligibility criteria set forth in Section 22920 that has elected to be subject to this part pursuant to Section 22922.

• 22770.

  "Domestic partner" means an adult in a domestic partnership, as defined in Section 22771, with an employee or annuitant of an employer subject to this part, who is eligible for enrollment pursuant to Section 22818.

• 22771.

  A "domestic partnership" means either of the following:

  (a)Two people who meet all of the criteria set forth in Section 297 or 299.2 of the Family Code.

  (b)Two people who meet all of the criteria of a domestic partnership, as defined by the governing board of a contracting agency, if the contracting agency adopted that definition prior to January 1, 2000.

• 22772.

  (a)"Employee" means:

  (1)An officer or employee of the state or of any agency, department, authority, or instrumentality of the state, including the University of California.

  (2)An employee who is employed by a contracting agency and participates in a publicly funded retirement system provided by the contracting agency, or an officer or official of a contracting agency.

  (3)An annuitant receiving a retirement allowance pursuant to Section 21228 who is employed by a contracting agency.

  (4)A teaching associate, lecturer, coach, or interpreter employed by the California State University who is appointed to work in an academic year classification for at least six weighted teaching units for one semester, or for at least six weighted teaching units for two or more consecutive quarter terms. This paragraph does not apply to a state member employed by the California State University, unless provided for in a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 3560) of Division 4 of Title 1 or authorized by the Trustees of the California State University for employees excluded from collective bargaining.

  (5)All employees in job classes specified in subdivision (a) of Section 14876.

  (b)Except as otherwise provided by this part, "employee" does not include any of the following:

  (1)A person employed on an intermittent, irregular, or less than half-time basis, or an employee similarly situated.

  (2)A National Guard member described in Section 20380.5.

• 22773.

  "Employer" means the state or any contracting agency that is subject to this part.

• 22774.

  "Exempt employee" means an employee exempt from civil service pursuant to subdivision (a), (c), (f), or (g) of Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution, or an exempt employee of the Attorney General or Legislative Counsel appointed pursuant to subdivision (m) of Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution.

• 22775.

  "Family member" means an employee's or annuitant's spouse or domestic partner and any child, including an adopted child, a stepchild, or recognized natural child. The board shall, by regulation, prescribe age limits and other conditions and limitations pertaining to children.

• 22777.

  "Health benefit plan" means any program or entity that provides, arranges, pays for, or reimburses the cost of health benefits.

• 22778.

  "Medicare health benefit plan" means a health benefit plan that provides benefits in coordination with Medicare Parts A and B, including, but not limited to, a managed Medicare health benefit plan providing coverage through the Medicare+Choice program or a Medicare supplement health benefit plan that provides coverage in coordination with the traditional Medicare program.

• 22779.

  "Out-of-state employee" means an employee permanently assigned to perform his or her duties outside of the state. An employee is permanently assigned out-of-state if the assignment is intended to exceed four months.

• 22781.

  "Prefunding" means the making of periodic payments by an employer to partially or completely amortize the unfunded actuarial obligation of the employer for health benefits provided to annuitants and their family members.

• 22783.

  "School employer" means a contracting agency that is a school district, county board of education, personnel commission of a school district, a county superintendent of schools, or a community college district.

• 22785.

  "Special district" means a nonprofit, self-governed public agency located within the state, comprised solely of public employees, and performing a governmental function.

• 22787.

  "System" means the California Public Employees' Retirement System.