Massachusetts Appeals Court March 29, 2002, No. 99-P-2130 (Lynch v. Commonwealth)

Porada, J.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether, under the provisions of St. 1997, c. 48, § 18(6),2 retired *348employees of Hampden County were entitled to have their benefits under a comprehensive dental plan that had been provided by Hampden County continued by the Commonwealth after the Hampden County government was abolished on July 1, 1998.