Utah Code 49-21-201. Program membership — Eligibility

(1)	The state shall cover all of its eligible employees under this chapter.

Employer: means any department, educational institution, or political subdivision of the state eligible to participate in a government-sponsored retirement system under federal law. See Utah Code 49-11-102
Program: means the Public Employees' Insurance Program created under Chapter 20, Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program Act, or the Public Employees' Long-Term Disability program created under Chapter 21, Public Employees' Long-Term Disability Act. See Utah Code 49-11-102
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5

(2)	Public safety service employees, as defined in Sections 49-14-102, 49-15-102, and 49-23-102 shall be covered under this chapter or a substantially similar long-term disability program in accordance with the provisions of Section 49-14-601, 49-15-601, or 49-23-601.

(3)	Beginning on July 1, 2011, firefighter service employees, as defined in Section 49-23-102, initially entering employment on or after July 1, 2011, and volunteer firefighters, as defined in Section 49-23-102, shall be covered under this chapter in accordance with the provisions of Section 49-23-601.

(4)	Except as provided under Subsection (5), all other employers may provide coverage for their eligible employees under this chapter.

(5)	If an employer elects to cover any of its eligible employees under this chapter, all of its eligible employees shall be covered.

(6)	Except as provided under Subsections (1) and (2), nothing in this chapter requires any employer to cover its eligible employees under this chapter.

(7)

The following employees are not eligible for coverage under this chapter:

(a)	firefighter service employees, as defined under Section 49-16-102, that initially entered employment prior to July 1, 2011; and

(b)	legislators.

Amended by Chapter 298, 2012 General Session