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The Retiree Health Bill
Kentucky Retiree Health Subsidies Get Boost
AN ACT relating to retiree health provisions of the Kentucky Retirement Systems.
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Kentucky retirees get more health subsidy money
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The facts
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- Increases hazardous duty under 65 retiree health subsidy to $50 per month for each year of service
- Applies to members who began participating in the system on or after July 1, 2003
- Extends employee contribution to fund retiree health benefits to include hazardous duty members
- Increases hazardous employee contribution rate to 2% of pay
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