1. (a) This section applies to a school corporation that results from the consolidation, reorganization, or merger, after May 1, 2012, of:

   1. (1) a school corporation that has elected to provide coverage of health care services for active and retired employees of the school corporation under a state employee health plan; and
   2. (2) a school corporation that has not elected to provide coverage of health care services for active and retired employees of the school corporation under a state employee health plan.
2. (b) A school corporation that results from a consolidation, reorganization, or merger described in subsection (a) must allow an individual for whom the school corporation described in subsection (a)(1) had (as of the effective date of the consolidation, reorganization, or merger) health insurance liability under a state employee health plan to continue the individual's coverage under the state employee health plan for at least five (5) years, as long as the individual otherwise remains eligible for coverage under the plan.
3. (c) This SECTION expires January 1, 2018.

As added by P.L.145-2012, SEC.2.