Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 509A.13 (2026)

Continuation of group insurance

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1. If a governing body, a county board of supervisors, or a city council has procured for its employees accident, health, or hospitalization insurance, or a medical service plan, or has contracted with a health maintenance organization authorized to do business in this state, the governing body, county board of supervisors, or city council shall allow its employees who retired before attaining sixty-five years of age to continue participation in the group plan or under the group contract at the employee’s own expense until the employee attains sixty-five years of age.

2. This section applies to employees who retired on or after January 1, 1981. 84 Acts, ch 1285, §25; 86 Acts, ch 1243, §32; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104 Referred to in §80.6A, 456A.13A \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2007–2007 · leading case: Harrington v. Univ. of N. Iowa, 726 N.W.2d 363 (Iowa 2007).

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Harrington v. Univ. of N. Iowa, 726 N.W.2d 363 (Iowa 2007). · cites it 5× “§ 509A.13 (emphasis added). The attorney general has issued an opinion that interprets the statutory language “to continue” to mean that participation in the group plan “will ‘remain unchanged.”

Gordon Harrington Vs. Univ. Of N. Iowa (Iowa 2007). · cites it 5× “7 should be interpreted consistently with section 509A.13, a statute addressing the rights of employees who retire before the age of sixty-five.”

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