KRS 311A.022: Transfer of employees of the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical

Services under the Community and Technical College System to KRS Chapter

18A personnel system.

(1) Except for personnel under subsection (2) of this section, personnel employed by

the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services under the Kentucky

Community and Technical College System shall be transferred to the Kentucky

Board of Emergency Medical Services in the KRS Chapter 18A personnel system

along with the funding associated with those employees.

(2) (a) Personnel employed by the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services

under the Kentucky Community and Technical College System who

participate in a defined contribution plan that meets the requirements of 26

U.S.C. sec. 40 3(b) for employees of the Kentucky Community and Technical

College System may choose to remain in their present employment and be

assigned to the board to continue providing these services or become an

employee of the board under the KRS Chapter 18A personnel system.

(b) An employee shall make his or her choice under paragraph (a) of this

subsection within thirty (30) days following July 14, 2022, and shall have

access to counseling by representatives of the KRS Chapter 18A personnel

system, the Kentucky Co mmunity and Technical College System, and

applicable retirement systems concerning the effect the choice of employment

would have on the employee. If an employee does not make a choice within

thirty (30) days following July 14, 2022, that employee shall be deemed to

have chosen to exercise the option to become an employee of the board under

the KRS Chapter 18A personnel system.

(3) Employees transferred pursuant to subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall

retain:

(a) Their salaries and leave time balances accumulated as of the transfer date;

(b) For purposes of determining leave time accumulation, the date of initial

employment with a state agency or a postsecondary educational institution,

whichever is earlier; and

(c) For purposes of calculating retir ement and retiree health benefits and

contributions, the earlier of the date of initial participation or membership

date, in:

1. A state-administered retirement system if the employee has participated

or is participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System; or

2. A defined contribution plan that meets requirements of 26 U.S.C. sec.

403(b) for employees of the Kentucky Community and Technical

College System.

Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to provide additional service

credit for the em ployee prior to the transfer date other than what has been

credited to the appropriate retirement system.

(4) All existing state general fund moneys appropriated to the board, all federal funds,

all moneys collected by the board, all equipment owned by the board, and

instructional supplies, equipment, funds, and records of the Kentucky Community

and Technical College System associated with the Kentucky Board of Emergency

Medical Services shall be transferred to the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical

Services in the KRS Chapter 18A personnel system along with all financial and

management oversight responsibility and liability.