KRS 61.430: Federal-state agreement.

Consistent with the terms and conditions of KRS 61.410 to 61.500, the state agency, with

the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the

commissioner for the purpose of extending insurance coverage to employees with r espect

to services specified in the agreement which constitute employment as defined in KRS

61.420. An agreement entered into under this section may contain provisions relating to

coverage, benefits, contributions, effective date, modification and terminat ion of the

agreement, administration and other appropriate provisions as the state agency and

commissioner shall agree upon. Any agreement, subject to the provisions of the Social

Security Act, shall provide in effect that:

(1) Insurance coverage shall be provided for employees whose services are described in

the agreement, and their dependents and survivors on the same basis as though the

services constituted employment within the meaning of Title II of the Social

Security Act;

(2) The state shall pay to t he Secretary of the Treasury, at times prescribed under the

Social Security Act, contributions with respect to wages equal to the sum of the

taxes imposed by sections 3101 and 3111 of the Federal Insurance Contributions

Act if the services covered by the a greement constitute employment within the

meaning of that act;

(3) Insurance coverage will be afforded with respect to services performed after an

effective date specified in the agreement or modification thereof; except that the

effective date shall not b e earlier than January 1, 1955, in the case of an agreement

or modification made between January 1, 1955, and January 1, 1958; or earlier than

January 1, 1956, in the case of an agreement or modification made at any time in the

years 1958 or 1959; or earli er than the first day of the year in which the agreement

or modification was made, in the case of an agreement or modification made at any

time between January 1, 1960, and July 1, 1962; or earlier than the first day of the

fifth year preceding the year in which the agreement or modification is made, in the

case of an agreement or modification made at any time after July 1, 1962;

(4) Insurance coverage shall be afforded with respect to all services constituting

employment; except that in order for insurance coverage to be afforded with respect

to services performed in the employ of a political subdivision of the state there must

be in existence in regard to those services a plan which meets the requirements of

KRS 61.460;

(5) Subject to the provisions of KRS 61.435, insurance coverage shall be afforded with

respect to all services in positions covered by a retirement system; except that no

agreement shall be effective to afford insurance coverage to any services performed

in positions to which KRS 161.220 to 161.710 are applicable except for services

performed in positions in a state university or public junior college.