ARTICLE 9. Part-Time Community College Faculty Health Insurance Program [87860 - 87868]
( Article 9 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 943, Sec. 1. )
It is the intent of the Legislature that part-time community college faculty and their eligible dependents have continuous access to health insurance benefits.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 943, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
There is hereby established the Part-Time Community College Faculty Health Insurance Program for the purpose of providing a state incentive program to encourage community college districts to offer health insurance for part-time faculty.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 943, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
For purposes of this article:
(a) “Health insurance benefits” include medical benefits but do not include vision or dental benefits.
(b) “Multidistrict part-time faculty” refers to any faculty member whose total teaching assignments at two or more community college districts equals or exceeds 40 percent of the cumulative equivalent of a minimum full-time teaching assignment. “Multidistrict part-time faculty” does not include “part-time faculty” as defined in subdivision (c).
(c) “Part-time faculty” refers to any faculty member whose teaching assignment equals or exceeds 40 percent of the cumulative equivalent of a minimum full-time teaching assignment.
(d) The changes made to subdivision (c) during the 1999 portion of the 1999–2000 Regular Session of the Legislature shall be
operative in any fiscal year only if funds are appropriated for purposes of those changes in the annual Budget Act or in another measure. If the amount appropriated in the annual Budget Act or in another measure for purposes of this section is insufficient to fully fund those changes for the fiscal year, the chancellor shall prorate the funds among the community college districts affected by this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 572, Sec. 10. (AB 190) Effective September 27, 2022.)
The governing board of a community college district may provide a program of health insurance for part-time faculty, multidistrict part-time faculty, and their dependents.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 572, Sec. 11. (AB 190) Effective September 27, 2022.)
(a) A part-time faculty member and their eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the program established pursuant to this article.
(b) A multidistrict part-time faculty member and their eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the program established pursuant to this article.
(c) The changes made to subdivision (a) during the 1999 portion of the 1999–2000 Regular Session of the Legislature shall be operative in any fiscal year only if funds are appropriated for purposes of those changes in the annual Budget Act or in another measure. If the amount appropriated in the annual Budget Act or in another measure for purposes of this section is insufficient to fully fund those changes for the fiscal year, the chancellor shall prorate the funds among the community college districts affected by this section.
(d) Any changes made pursuant to this section to the Part-time Community College Faculty Health Insurance Program shall not affect any part-time health insurance program in effect on January 1, 2000.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 572, Sec. 12. (AB 190) Effective September 27, 2022.)
A part-time faculty member, multidistrict part-time faculty member, or their dependents whose premiums for health insurance are paid by an employer other than a community college district
are not eligible to participate in the program established pursuant to this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 572, Sec. 13. (AB 190) Effective September 27, 2022.)
(a) A multidistrict part-time faculty member who individually purchases health insurance benefits is eligible to participate in the program established pursuant to this article.
(b) (1) A community college district shall reimburse a multidistrict part-time faculty member for the district’s proportionate share of the total health insurance premium paid by the multidistrict part-time faculty member, up to a proportionate share of the maximum of the full cost of the district’s most commonly subscribed family coverage plan.
(2) The community college district’s proportionate share shall be determined by dividing the total health insurance premium paid by the
multidistrict part-time faculty member by the total number of community college districts in which the multidistrict part-time faculty member works for purposes of meeting the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 87861, and multiplying that quotient by the percentage of health care cost paid by the community college district toward the total cost of the health insurance premium.
(c) A community college district may require reasonable documentation from a multidistrict part-time faculty member to verify that the faculty member’s total cumulative teaching assignments at two or more community college districts equals or exceeds 40 percent of the cumulative equivalent of a minimum full-time teaching assignment. A community college district may require reasonable documentation from a multidistrict part-time faculty member to determine the district’s proportionate share, as described in subdivision (b), which may include, but is not necessarily
limited to, documentation verifying enrollment in a health insurance plan and the premium paid for the health insurance plan.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 572, Sec. 14. (AB 190) Effective September 27, 2022.)
The governing board of each community college district that establishes a program pursuant to this article shall do both of the following:
(a) Negotiate with the exclusive representative as to the payment of the portion of the health insurance premium that is not funded by the state.
(b) By June 1 of each year, send verification to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges as to the number of participants in the program.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 943, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
(a) By June 15 of each year, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall apportion to each community college district that establishes a program pursuant to this article an amount that equals up to one-half of the total cost of the individual premiums required to be paid for the health insurance coverage of participating part-time
faculty, multidistrict part-time faculty, and their dependents in the district.
(b) By June 15 of each year, the chancellor shall apportion any remaining funds appropriated for this program to each community college district that establishes a program pursuant to this article and meets all of the following criteria, up to the total cost of the individual premiums required to be paid for the health insurance coverage of participating part-time faculty, multidistrict part-time faculty, and their dependents in the district:
(1) Offers health insurance coverage to all part-time faculty who meet the requirements in subdivision (c) of Section 87861.
(2) Offers part-time faculty the same health insurance benefits provided to the full-time faculty at the community college district.
(3) Limits individual premiums paid by part-time faculty to no more than the actual individual premium paid by full-time faculty in that district.
(4) Offers health insurance coverage to
all multidistrict part-time faculty who meet the requirements in subdivision (b) of Section 87861, and pursuant to Section 87865.
(c) The chancellor shall distribute funds that have been appropriated specifically for this
purpose, and pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b), proportionally based on each community college district’s total costs for premiums for those districts that submit verification of the costs of premiums for eligible employees for a fiscal year, but in no event shall the allocation to any district exceed the full cost of the verified premiums.
(d) If funds appropriated for this purpose
remain after all apportionments for subdivisions (a) and (b) have been made, the balance that exceeds that amount shall revert to the General Fund annually.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 572, Sec. 15. (AB 190) Effective September 27, 2022.)
It is the intent of the Legislature that ongoing funding for the purposes of this article be subject to annual Budget Act appropriations.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 943, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)