AN ACT relating to retiree health provisions of the Kentucky Retirement Systems.

Amend KRS 61.702, relating to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and the State Police Retirement System, to increase the nonhazardous and hazardous duty under age 65 retiree health subsidy to $40 and $50 per month for each year of service, respectively, for those members who meet the "career threshold" who began participating in the system on or after July 1, 2003, and who are eligible for a fixed-dollar retiree health subsidy not tied to the…

Introduced: January 7, 2026

Last action: January 14, 2026

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This bill would increase the monthly health insurance subsidy paid to certain retired state and state police employees who joined the Kentucky Retirement Systems on or after July 1, 2003, raising it to $40 or $50 per month for each year they worked, depending on their job type. It also adjusts the contribution rates employees pay into the fund that covers retiree health benefits, with those changes taking effect in 2027. The increased subsidies for…

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