Sec. 124.824. The department of administrative services | 8 |
shall establish a high deductible health care plan as part of any | 9 |
package of health care benefit options offered to state employees | 10 |
and state elected officials who are paid by warrant of the | 11 |
director of budget and management. The department shall make both | 12 |
individual and family coverage available through the high | 13 |
deductible health care plan. The high deductible health care plan | 14 |
shall not increase the cost of providing health insurance to state | 15 |
employees and state elected officials. | 16 |
An individual who has selected a high deductible health care | 23 |
plan option shall establish a health savings account that | 24 |
qualifies under section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code. The | 25 |
state shall monthly deposit cash into the individual's health | 26 |
savings account in an amount that equals eighty per cent of the | 27 |
difference between the amount of the premium or cost contributed | 28 |
by the state, for the individual or for the individual and the | 29 |
individual's family, under a standard deductible health care plan | 30 |
created under division (A) of section 124.82 of the Revised Code | 31 |
and the amount of the premium or cost contributed by the state | 32 |
under a high deductible health care plan created under this | 33 |
section. | 34 |