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A 4 page research paper that discusses a Section 218 State agreement under the auspices of the Social Security Act as these requirements apply to the State of New Jersey. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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employees were not eligible for coverage due to a Constitutional question regarding the federal governments power to tax state and local governments (Smith, 2004). So that government employees would not
be without retirement coverage, Section 218 of the SSA was enacted in 1951, which authorized states to voluntarily enter into an agreement with the Society Security Administration in order to
provide SS coverage for state and local public employees. The New Jersey section 218 coverage agreement was enacted on December 30, 1952 and provides that the State will pay "appropriate
contributions due on wages paid for covered services" (SSR 73-55, etc., 2004). 2. Are they covered for full social security...or for Medicare-only? A Section 218 agreement provides "Old-Age,
Survivors, Disability and Hospital Insurance...protection" (SSCSLGE, 2001). Employees covered under a Section 218 agreement have the same Social Security Medical Hospital Insurance coverage and benefits as employees in the private
sector (SSCSLGE, 2001). 3. Are any positions excluded? On January 28, 1999, the New Jersey Senate passed a bill that excluded student employees of public schools and public institutions
of higher education from Social Security coverage (Senate, No. 1699, State of New Jersey, 1999). Prior to the passage of this amendment, the State of New Jersey and the State
institution in question paid a portion of the FICA tax, which, combined, equaled one half of the total tax and the student employees paid the remaining half (Senate, No. 1699,
State of New Jersey, 1999). As this suggests, passage of this amendment provided substantial savings both for New Jersey and the student employees. 4. How can an entity obtain
Medicare coverage for an employee hired before 4/1/86 who are in a retirement system? Beginning April 1, 1986, it became mandatory that state and local government employees hired (or
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