§36-36-9. Applicability of chapter.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to define or otherwise grant any right or privilege to health care benefits or other post-employment benefits to any person other than those health care benefits or other post-employment benefits, rights, and privileges previously or already granted to employees and retired employees and their dependents by the state's health care benefit plan or its post-employment benefit plan, if any. Such rights and privileges, if any, shall be governed by the terms of the state's post-employment benefit plan, if any. This chapter is not intended to assure or deny any existing or future employee, retired employee, any of their dependents, or any other person of any right of employment or entitlement to any health care benefit or other post-employment benefit or limit or otherwise restrict the ability of the state to modify or eliminate any existing or future health care benefit or other post-employment benefit.

(Act 2007-16, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 25, §9.)