Section R2-6-302. Eligibility to Participate in Life and Short-term Disability Insurance Plans

A.      Employees and officers.

1.        Life insurance. An employee or officer may participate in the life and short-term disability insurance plans made available by the Department by enrolling at the time spec- ified in R2-6-105. The state shall provide basic life insur- ance to an employee or officer at no charge.

2.        Short-term disability insurance. An employee or officer who chooses to participate in the short-term disability insurance plan made available by the Department shall agree to pay the contracted cost of the plan.

3.        Supplemental life insurance. The state shall make supple- mental life insurance available to an employee or officer. An employee or officer may purchase an amount of sup- plemental life insurance that, when combined with basic life insurance, does not exceed three times the employee’s or officer’s base pay, rounded down to the nearest $5,000 or the maximum amount established by the Director, whichever is less. An employee or officer who chooses to participate in the supplemental life insur- ance plan shall agree to pay the contracted cost for the supplemental life insurance.

B.       Former elected officials. A former elected official may pur- chase life insurance made available by the Department if the former elected official meets the criteria at R2-6-301(B)(1) and (3).

C.      Eligible dependents. An employee, officer, or former elected official who meets the criteria at R2-6-301(B)(1) and (3) may purchase life insurance through the plan made available by the Department for an eligible dependent in an amount determined by the Director. An employee, officer, or former elected offi- cial who chooses to purchase life insurance for an eligible dependent shall agree to pay the contracted cost for the life insurance.

D.      Surviving spouse of a former elected official. Under A.R.S. § 38-651.02(C), the surviving spouse of a former elected official who met the criteria at R2-6-301(B)(1) and (3) at the time of death may continue to purchase life insurance through the plan made available by the Department if the surviving spouse:

1.        Makes application within the time specified in R2-6-105,

2.        Agrees to pay the contracted cost for the life insurance, and

3.        Is receiving a monthly survivor’s retirement check from the Elected Officials’ Retirement Plan.

Historical Note

Adopted effective September 16, 1997 (Supp. 97-3). Sec- tion expired under A.R.S. § 41-1056(E) at 8 A.A.R. 5017, effective September 30, 2002 (Supp. 02-4). New Section made by final rulemaking at 15 A.A.R. 258, effective March 7, 2009 (Supp. 09-1).