Iowa Code 8A.437 – State employee health flexible spending account trust fund
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1. The director shall establish for state employees a health flexible spending account plan which offers multiple benefits to state employees. The state’s health flexible spending account plan shall be established to meet the conditions of section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 8A.437
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Department: means the department of administrative services. See Iowa Code 8A.101
- Director: means the director of the department of administrative services or the director's designee. See Iowa Code 8A.101
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
2. A separate, special Iowa state employee health flexible spending account trust fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department. The trust fund consists of all moneys appropriated to the fund, all monthly administrative charges paid by a state department or agency as authorized by section 8A.451, and any other assets directed to be held in trust for the exclusive benefit of participants in the state’s health flexible spending account plan. Moneys in the fund are not subject to section 8.33. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest and earnings from moneys in the trust fund shall be credited to the trust fund and shall be used exclusively for the benefit of plan participants.
3. The director shall serve as trustee of the trust fund and has the authority to direct expenditures as deemed appropriate to the exclusive benefit of the plan participants.