Creating a Buy-Up Plan where the Employee Contribution is calculated by combining the Chapter 78 contribution for the "base" plan and the Employee paying 100% of the premium Difference to the Buy-Up Plan.

Modified on Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 11:55 AM

This article will detail setting up a health plan if a District want to create a health plan that will be used by staff members when the employees contribute a percentage of premium that utilized Tier 4 of Chapter 78 and CAPS the employee contributions at 28% of premium.


To set this up, the health plan must be associated with a contribution group.  Below is an example of a plan connected to a properly programmed Contribution Group.  Please note the contribution group salary calculation can be detailed in the note for future reference. 


The Monthly Premium Rates are as follows:


This is the setup for the "Buy-Up" plan:


This is the setup for the Contribution Group:


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