Public Employees' Long-Term Care Act.

The Public Employees' Long-Term Care Act requires the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System to contract with carriers offering long-term care insurance plans for eligible employees and annuitants, as defined. Existing law requires that long-term care insurance plans be made available periodically during open enrollment periods determined by the board. Existing law prescribes the classes of people who are eligible to enroll in these plans. This bill would provide that domestic partners and adult children are eligible to enroll in long-term care plans offered under the Public Employees' Long-Term Care Act. The bill would specify that eligibility to enroll in these plans is subject to limitations of federal law. The bill would authorize the board to expand eligibility for these plans to all classes of persons who meet relevant requirements under the act and federal law. The bill would prescribe certain definitions for these purposes.