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. (a) A division of the State Teachers' Retirement Plan is
hereby authorized by the Legislature to provide Medicare coverage for
employees of a public agency, as defined in Section 22009.03, upon
the request of the public agency.
(b) The division authorized by subdivision (a) shall be conducted
pursuant to this article.
(c) A member of the State Teachers' Retirement Plan on whose
behalf a request is made pursuant to subdivision (a) may elect to be
covered by Medicare, pursuant to Section 218 of the federal Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 418), and applicable federal regulations
if all of the following apply:
(1) The member was employed in a position covered by the plan on
March 31, 1986.
(2) The member has not since been mandated into Medicare coverage
due to the enactment of Public Law 99-272.
(3) The member is in a position covered or the member is eligible
to elect to be covered by the retirement system on the date of the
division.
(d) The public agency shall immediately make an application
pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 22200) of this part
for Medicare coverage for those members who have elected to receive
Medicare coverage.
(e) The effective date of the coverage may be retroactive, but not
earlier than the last day of the sixth calendar year preceding the
year in which the agreement or modifications, as the case may be, is
submitted to the Commissioner of Social Security.