HEALTHCARE AND INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR RETIREES, SURVIVORS AND DISABLED EMPLOYEES

Oklahoma City Municipal Code ch. 40, art. III, div. 5

in effect

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 40-201 Definitions.

§ 40-201. - Definitions. (1) City shall mean The City of Oklahoma City, a municipal government. (2) City Council shall mean the governing body of The City of Oklahoma City, a municipal government, as established by the currently existing or any subsequently amended Charter of The City of Oklahoma City. (3) Continuing benefit shall mean the monetary payment to a retiree or the surviving spouse or surviving minor child(ren) based upon an Employee's length of service, salary and/or Disability allowance. (4) Contract Employee shall mean person(s) to whom the City has entered into a written agreement approved by City Council for the performance of specific tasks and whose tenure may or may not be permanent in nature. (5) Disability shall mean an Employee's physical inability to perform his/her assigned job or a comparable job with the City considering his/her educational qualifications and physical limitations or physical ability to perform such a job. (6) Elected official shall mean any officer elected by the citizens of the City. (7) Employee shall mean any person(s) with permanent tenure employed by any department of the City or Participating Public Trust, and person(s) employed by the Oklahoma City Employee Retirement System. Any employee who is a member of a collective bargaining unit that does not participate in the City's healthcare and insurance benefits shall be excluded under this division. (8) Monetary purchase plan and trust shall mean the International City Management Association (ICMA) Retirement Corporation defined contribution pension plan qualified under 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, approved by Council August 25, 1987. (9) Participating Public Trust shall mean any public trust in which the City holds the beneficial interest and which by resolution of its Board of Trustees has requested that its Employees be permitted to join either the Oklahoma City Employee Retirement System or the Money Purchase Plan and Trust, and whose request has been approved by the City Council. (10) Retire shall mean to conclude service after servicing the required number of years as an Elected Official or officer, or to conclude service as an Employee upon meeting the age and service requirements of the applicable Retirement Program under which the Employee was a member or becoming disabled, or in the instance of those Employees participating in the Money Purchase Plan and Trust shall mean to conclude service after meeting the same requirements as those participating in the Employee Retirement System, or to become disabled. (11) Retirement Program shall mean the Oklahoma City Employee Retirement System, the Money Purchase Plan and Trust; the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System (prior to January 1, 2003); and the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System. (Ord. No. 21916, § 2, 2-12-02; Ord. No. 22175, § 1, 3-11-03)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 40-202 Healthcare and insurance benefits available to retired Employees, survivors, certain contract Employees, Elected Officials and disabled Employees.

§ 40-202. - Healthcare and insurance benefits available to retired Employees, survivors, certain contract Employees, Elected Officials and disabled Employees. Pursuant to the provisions of 11 O.S. § 23-108 and the applicable ordinances and contracts of the City, hospital and medical benefits, accident, health, dental and life insurance or any of the aforesaid provided to active Employees shall be made available to retired Elected Officials, officers, Employees of the City, contract Employees to whom the City has by contract extended benefits and to Employees of Participating Public Trusts of which the City is a beneficiary, who have served in an official or employment capacity the required period of time and made the required contributions to a Retirement Program and qualify by membership in one of the following classes: (1) Elected Officials who have served eight or more years of service with the City. (2) Employees of the City, or a Participating Public Trust, who receive a continuing benefit immediately after termination of employment, pursuant to the provisions of the: a. Employee Retirement System of The City of Oklahoma City, a retirement system established pursuant to 11 O.S. § 48-101 et seq. and defined in Section 40-51(25) of the Oklahoma City Municipal Code, or any successor plan; or b. Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, a Retirement System established pursuant to 11 O.S. § 49-100.1 et seq., as amended, or any successor plan prior to January 1, 2003; or c. Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System, a Retirement System established pursuant to 11 O.S. § 50-101 et seq., as amended, or any successor plan. (3) Employees who: a. have served with the City, or a Participating Public Trust, for a period of five or more years, the last five of which have been consecutive and are at least 55 years of age; or b. have served with the City, or a Participating Public Trust, for a period of 25 or more years, the last five of which are consecutive, regardless of age; or c. are disabled due to an in-the-line-of-duty injury while employed by the City or a Participating Public Trust and are unable to continue similar employment; or d. become disabled for any reason after 15 years of service, and are unable to continue similar employment; and e. have made the required contributions to the Money Purchase Plan and Trust defined in 40-51 (15) or (16). (4) Survivors of Elected Officials under Paragraph (1), of this section, who were eligible to make the election to receive benefits; and survivors of retired Employees under Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this section who were eligible to make the election to receive benefits as determined in accordance with the applicable rules of the Retirement Program from which said retired Employee was qualified to receive benefits. Provided that survivor shall also mean the surviving spouse or the surviving minor child or children of a person who was an Employee or Elected Official on or after July 1, 1992, and who continuously participated in the hospital and medical benefits plan of the City at the time of the death of said Employee. (5) Contract Employees to whom the City has by contract extended benefits. (Ord. No. 21916, § 2, 2-12-02; Ord. No. 22175, § 2, 3-11-03)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 40-203 Election to participate and payment of premiums required.

§ 40-203. - Election to participate and payment of premiums required. To participate in City sponsored group healthcare, dental insurance and life insurance plans, the retired/disabled Employee, Elected Official, survivor or contract Employees to whom the City has by contract extended benefits, must affirmatively elect to participate within 60 days from the first month following the termination date of employment, or within 30 days after approval of retirement benefits by the System or Retirement Program, whichever is later. Coverage will be retroactive back to the first day of the month following the termination date. Coverage elections will be dependent changes based on applicable contract language regarding allowable retroactive changes within the selected plan. Eligibility to participate as a retired Employee or a qualified survivor in City sponsored group health care, dental insurance and life insurance plans is dependent upon the payment of premiums for such coverage as established by the City Council. (Ord. No. 21916, § 2, 2-12-02; Ord. No. 27206, § 4, 10-25-22)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 40-204 Prospective application.

§ 40-204. - Prospective application. The provisions of this ordinance shall be prospective and shall apply to those Employees applying for Retirement benefits on, or after the effective date of this ordinance. (Ord. No. 21916, § 2, 2-12-02)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 40-205 No repeal nor impairment of prior vested rights.

§ 40-205. - No repeal nor impairment of prior vested rights. The provisions of this ordinance shall not repeal nor impair any vested rights acquired by any Elected Official, officer or Employee under any prior resolution, ordinance or statute. Vested rights are considered to be the rights held and exercised by officers, Employees, retirees and spouses, prior to the effective date of this ordinance, to purchase hospital and medical benefits, accident, health, dental and life insurance. (Ord. No. 21916, § 2, 2-12-02)

Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH40PERESY_ARTIIIPERE_DIV5HEINBERESUDIEMFetched: 10/28/2026