{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-161.158","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 161.158","heading":"Group insurance -- Board's termination of participation in state health","body":"plan -- Employees offered coverage in state health plan under federal law\neligible for state-funded contribution -- Deductions from salaries.\n(1) (a) Each district board of education may form its employees into a group or\ngroups or recognize existing groups for the purpose of obtaining the\nadvantages of group life, disability, medical, and dental insurance, or any\ngroup insurance plans to aid its employees including the state employee health\ninsurance group as described in KRS 18A.225 to 18A.2287, as long as the\nemployees continue to be employed by the board of education. Medical and\ndental group insurance plans obtained under authority of this section may\ninclude insurance benefits for the families of the insured group or groups of\nemployees. Any district board of education may pay all or part of the\npremium on the policies, and may deduct from the salaries of the employees\nthat part of the premium which is to be paid by th em and may contract with\nthe insurer to provide the above benefits. As permitted in KRS 160.280(4),\nboard members shall be eligible to participate in any group medical or dental\ninsurance provided by the district for employees.\n(b) If a district board of e ducation participates in the state employee health\ninsurance program, as described in KRS 18A.225 to 18A.2287, for its active\nemployees and terminates participation and there is a state appropriation\napproved by the General Assembly for the employer's cont ribution for active\nemployees' health insurance coverage, neither the board of education nor the\nemployees shall receive the state -funded contribution after termination from\nthe state employee health insurance program.\n(c) If a district board of education participates in the state employee health\ninsurance program as described in KRS 18A.225 to 18A.2287 for its active\nemployees, all district employees who are required to be offered health\ninsurance coverage for purposes of, and in accordance with, the feder al\nPatient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111 -148,\nshall be eligible for the state -funded contribution appropriated by the General\nAssembly for the employer's contribution for active employees' health\ninsurance coverage, including reimbursements for the cost of retiree health\ninsurance as required by KRS 61.637(17)(b)4. and 78.5540(4)(b)4.\n(2) (a) Each district board of education shall adopt policies or regulations which will\nprovide for:\n1. a. Deductions from salaries of its employ ees or groups of employees\nwhenever a request is presented to the board by said employees or\ngroups thereof.\nb. The deductions shall be made from salaries earned in at least eight\n(8) different pay periods.\nc. The deductions may be made for, but are not li mited to,\nmembership dues, tax -sheltered annuities, and group insurance\npremiums.\nd. The district board is prohibited from deducting membership dues\nof an employee organization, membership organization, or labor\norganization. This provision shall apply to contracts entered into,\nopted in, extended or renewed on or after January 9, 2017.\ne. With the exception of membership dues, the board shall not be\nrequired to make more than one (1) remittance of amounts\ndeducted during a pay period for a separate type of deduction; and\n2. Deductions from payments for the per diem and actual expenses\nprovided under KRS 160.280(1) to members of the district board of\neducation whenever a request is presented by a board member to the\nboard. The deductions may be made for but not be limited to\nmembership dues, health insurance purchases, scholarship funds, and\ncontributions to a political action committee.\n(b) The deductions under paragraph (a)1. and 2. of this subsection shall be\nremitted to the appropriate organization or association as specified by the\nemployees within thirty (30) days following the deductio n, provided the\ndistrict has received appropriate invoices or necessary documentation.\n(c) Health insurance, life insurance, and tax -sheltered annuities shall be\ninterpreted as separate types of deductions. When amounts have been\ncorrectly deducted and rem itted by the board, the board shall bear no further\nresponsibility or liability for subsequent transaction.\n(3) Payments and deductions made by the board of education under the authority of this\nsection are presumed to be for services rendered and for the benefit of the common\nschools, and the payments and deductions shall not affect the eligibility of any\nschool system to participate in the public school funding program as established in\nKRS Chapter 157.","path":["KRS Chapter 161"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=55592","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:10Z","sha256":"7302f6e7e66e4ce01eb1fc42f0e57f4c03df63d88b93562834ad80e159240360","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-161.157","next":"us-ky/krs-161.159"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}