Proposed Revision to 804.1 - Insurance; Self-Insured Group Insurance Plan
Board policy:
The
Board of Regents hereby authorizes the Commissioner of Higher Education and the
respective administrations of the six campuses to establish a self-insured
(Administrative Services only) group insurance plan. The plan will be administered by the Commissioner of Higher
Education consistent with Regent policies regarding with
the assistance of recommendations from an inter-unit
advisory committees committee. The plan will be administered as an
enterprise fund in the state fund structure contingent upon the group plan
reserves being allowed to retain interest earnings. If the group plan loses its ability to retain
interest under the enterprise fund the accounting for the plan shall be
returned to Montana Tech's Auxiliary Enterprise fund.
All
costs associated with the administration of the plan shall be paid from
insurance premiums collected and interest earned on reserve balances. All other interest earned plus premium tax
savings shall be credited to the plan reserves. Reserve balances shall be retained and carried over from year to
year.
The
Commissioner of Higher Education shall be authorized up to 3.5 full-time
equivalent employees to provide administration of the plan. In no case shall administrative costs exceed
the amount of premium tax savings that would be incurred under a conventional
group plan plus any interest earned on reserves. It is the intent that the plan be more cost efficient than
conventional insurance.
History
Item 43-901-R0684,
Authorization to Establish a Partially Self-Insured Group Insurance Plan
for Montana University System Employees Including All Authorized Affiliated
Group Employees; Commissioner of Higher Education, June 12, 1984. (Rescinded); Item 51-901-R0686,
Authorization to Establish a Partially Self-Insured Group Insurance Plan
for Montana University System Employees including all Authorized Affiliated
Group Employees; Commissioner of Higher Education (Revised), June 20, 1986 and
April 26, 1990.