PRINTER'S NO. 1786
No. 1415 Session of 1978
INTRODUCED BY HAGER, MESSINGER, REIBMAN, BELL, DWYER, EARLY,
COPPERSMITH, ROMANELLI, SCANLON, FLEMING, DOUGHERTY, KUSSE,
SNYDER AND HESS, APRIL 11, 1978
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, APRIL 11, 1978
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for eligibility, notification and payment
3 for health insurance.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 24, act of November 25, 1970 (P.L.707,
7 No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, is
8 amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 8311. Eligibility for health insurance payments.
10 Any superannuation annuitant, disability annuitant, or an
11 annuitant who has 25 or more years of credited service is
12 eligible to have the premiums for "65 Special" benefits paid by
13 the retirement fund provided the member has authorized the board
14 to deduct from his annuity payments the appropriate annual
15 charges for medical, major medical and hospitalization insurance
16 coverage.
17 Section 2. Section 8505(i) of Title 24 is amended to read:
18 § 8505. Duties of the board regarding applications and
1 elections of members.
2 * * *
3 (i) Medical insurance coverage.--Upon receipt of
4 notification from an insurance carrier approved by the board
5 that an annuitant who has attained age 65 has elected medical,
6 major medical, and hospitalization insurance coverage, the board
7 shall deduct from the annuity payments the appropriate annual
8 charges in equal monthly installments. Such deductions shall be
9 transmitted to the insurance carrier. The board shall also pay
10 to the insurance carrier the premiums for the "65 Special"
11 benefits of those annuitants who are eligible under section 8311
12 (relating to eligibility for health insurance payments) to have
13 such premiums paid by the board.
14 * * *
15 Section 3. Section 8508 of Title 24 is amended by adding
16 subsections to read:
17 § 8508. Rights and duties of annuitants.
18 * * *
19 (d) Notification of election and payment of medical
20 insurance.--If an annuitant who has attained age 65 and has
21 elected medical, major medical, and hospitalization insurance
22 coverage, he shall so notify the board and may request that the
23 board deduct from his annuity payments the appropriate annual
24 charges in equal monthly installments.
25 (e) Payment of "65 Special".--Any annuitant who is eligible
26 under Section 8311 (relating to eligibility for health insurance
27 payments) to have the premiums for the "65 Special" benefits
28 paid by the board shall not have his annuity payments reduced on
29 account of the "65 Special" premium.
30 Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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