{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-61.410","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 61.410","heading":"Declaration of policy.","body":"(1) It is declared to be the policy of the General Assembly to extend the federal old-age,\nsurvivors, disability, and hospital insurance coverage to all public employees\nregardless of whether the employees are occupying positions which are covered by a\nretirement system; but no employee occupying a position to which KRS 161.220 to\n161.710 are applicable shall be held to fall within the class of persons sought to be\naffected by this statement of policy except for employees of the state universities\nand public junior colleges.\n(2) It is also the policy of the General Assembly that the protection afforded public\nemployees by membership in a retirement system or by the right to receive periodic\nbenefits under a retirement system will not be impaired as a result of a ny agreement\nmade between the Commonwealth and the commissioner pursuant to KRS 61.410\nto 61.500.\n(3) The General Assembly ratifies the extension of federal old -age, survivors,\ndisability, and hospital insurance coverage to public employees in positions covered\nby a retirement system prior to June 14, 1962, if the procedures specified by former\nKRS 61.430(6) were substantially followed.","path":["KRS Chapter 61"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=22944","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:14Z","sha256":"188cb51d8d8316785a173ddb44d16b73aa7153a156fe41f493912827b652f9ba","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-61.409","next":"us-ky/krs-61.420"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}