Broderick v. Mayor of Boston

General Laws c. 32B, § 7A, enacted in 1968 (St. 1968, c. 100, § 1), read in combination with other statutory provisions, authorized local governmental units to purchase group life, accidental death or dismemberment, and hospital and medical insurance for their employees and the employees’ dependents, and in that case obliged the governmental units to make contributions toward the premiums in amounts not less than 50% thereof. Section 7A was a local option statute, that is, by its terms each county, city, town, or district could elect whether to accept it; by c. 32B, § 10, an acceptance once…