(a) This article does not create a vested retirement right in health and dental care benefits.

(b) The individual districts, the county office, a health plan, an entity providing or arranging a health plan, and the State Teachers’ Retirement System do not have any legal duty to contact retired teachers or surviving spouses of certificated employees with regard to this article.

(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 86. Effective January 1, 2007.)