PRINTER'S NO. 1803
No. 1484 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY WILT, M. BAKER, BARD, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF, BROWNE,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPABIANCA, CAPPELLI, CAWLEY, COLAFELLA, COSTA,
CREIGHTON, J. EVANS, FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, GEIST, HARHAI,
HERMAN, HESS, HUTCHINSON, JADLOWIEC, JAMES, LaGROTTA,
LAUGHLIN, LEH, LEWIS, McILHATTAN, PHILLIPS, PRESTON,
READSHAW, ROBERTS, SCHULER, SEMMEL, SHANER, SOLOBAY,
STEELMAN, SURRA, THOMAS, TRICH, WATERS, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK
AND SAINATO, MAY 2, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 2, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for health insurance premium
3 assistance program.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 8509(c) of Title 24 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
8 adding a subsection to read:
9 § 8509. Health insurance premium assistance program.
10 * * *
11 (c) Participating eligible annuitants.--An eligible
12 annuitant may elect to participate in the health insurance
13 premium assistance program by filing an election to be covered
14 by a health insurance carrier [approved by the board] and to
15 participate in the health insurance premium assistance program.
1 Participation in the health insurance premium assistance program
2 shall begin upon the effective date of the health insurance
3 coverage provided by a health insurance carrier [approved by the
4 board], but in no event before the effective date of retirement.
5 (d) Election to participate.--Eligible annuitants may elect
6 to participate in the health insurance premium assistance
7 program by filing an election to be covered by a health
8 insurance carrier.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect as follows:
10 (1) The addition of 24 Pa.C.S. § 8509(d) shall take
11 effect July 1, 2001, or immediately, whichever is later.
12 (2) The remainder of this act shall take effect
13 immediately.
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