Public Employees' Benefits Program v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

OPINION

By the Court,

Hardesty, J.:

This appeal raises important questions of statutory interpretation, with potentially far-reaching consequences, regarding local government employers’ obligation to subsidize the health insurance premiums of their retirees who choose to participate in the State Public Employees’ Benefits Program (PEBP). Local government employees may elect to join PEBP upon retirement if the health benefits they obtained during employment fall within a statutorily described health care program. If an employee who was covered by one of those statutory health care programs joins…