Introduced January 7, 2026
HB98
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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…
Plain-language summary
This bill would increase the monthly health insurance subsidies available to certain retired Kentucky government employees and state police officers who joined their retirement systems on or after July 1, 2003. Eligible retirees under age 65 would receive up to $40 per month for each year of service if they worked in a non-hazardous role, or up to $50 per month per year of service if they worked in a hazardous role, with the increase…
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Legislative History
Primary Sponsor
James Tipton
Representative · House District 053
Co-sponsors (6)
John Blanton
Representative · House District 092
Jennifer Henson Decker
Representative · House District 058
Alan Gentry
Representative · House District 046
Deanna Frazier Gordon
Representative · House District 081
Erika Hancock
Representative · House District 057
William Lawrence
Representative · House District 070
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