Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 Pa.C.S.A. Education § 9102. Construction of part

(a) General rule.--No provision of this part shall be construed as a cancellation of any existing health insurance program operated by the board or referenced in section 32 of the act of August 5, 1991 (P.L. 183, No. 23), entitled “An act amending Titles 24 (Education) and 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the Public School Employees' Retirement System and the State Employees' Retirement System; adding and amending certain definitions; further providing for membership in the systems, for creditable nonschool and nonstate service and the purchase of credit, for incentives for special early retirement, for contributions to the retirement funds, for annuities and the rights and duties of annuitants, for health insurance premium assistance, for board membership and for the re-amortization and management of the retirement funds.”

(b) Nature of rights.--Any termination or other modification of the program, including, but not limited to, a change in premium rates, benefit options or structure or insurance providers, shall not give rise to any contractual rights or claims by any eligible persons or any other person claiming an interest, either directly or indirectly, in the program. No provision of this part nor any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this part shall create in any person a contractual right in that provision.