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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="2-510" title_number="2" title_name="State Employment Generally" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Health and Welfare Benefits Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only to former Baltimore City Jail employees, as described in § 23–201(a)(9) of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On retirement, a former Baltimore City Jail employee who elected to become a member of the State Retirement and Pension System may elect to enroll and participate in one of the following:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the health insurance benefit options established under the Program, subject to the same terms and conditions as those provided for retirees under § 2–508 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Baltimore City Health Insurance Program for retirees, subject to the same terms and conditions as those provided for members of the Employees’ Retirement System of the City of Baltimore.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On retirement, a former Baltimore City Jail employee who elected to remain a member of the Employees’ Retirement System of the City of Baltimore:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall receive from the City of Baltimore the same health insurance benefits granted to other members of the City’s retirement system; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may not receive any health insurance benefits allowed a State retiree under the Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
