801 CMR 53.05
Prohibition on State-subsidized Benefits
The commonwealth shall not subsidize the health insurance, pension, and other
post-employment benefits of employees and retirees of a state authority that participates in the
state retirement system or the Group Insurance Commission. Each such state authority shall
contribute the employer share of the cost attributable to that authority of the state retirement
system as determined by the actuary of the Public Employee Retirement Administration
Commission, and of the state group insurance system as determined by the Group Insurance
Commission. Each such state authority shall be responsible for the full actuarial value of its
liabilities as determined no less often than every three years by the Public Employee Retirement
Administration Commission and the Group Insurance Commission after consulting the Secretary
of Administration and Finance, the state Treasurer, and the State Board of Retirement. An
authority shall defray its unfunded retirement and other post-employment benefits on the same
schedule, if any, that applies to the Commonwealth or on a more rapid schedule.