PRINTER'S NO. 909
No. 844 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, AFFLERBACH, O'PAKE, RHOADES AND
SALVATORE, APRIL 1, 1997
REFERRED TO FINANCE, APRIL 1, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for health insurance premium
3 assistance payments for certain retired employees.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 71 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 5711. Health insurance premium assistance.
9 (a) Eligibility.--An annuitant who is 65 years of age or
10 older, has 15 or more eligibility points and is not enrolled in
11 a Commonwealth-sponsored health insurance plan shall receive
12 health insurance premium assistance payments of $55 per month.
13 (b) Payment.--Health insurance premium assistance payments
14 shall be made directly to insurance carriers by the board.
15 (c) Application.--An annuitant who is eligible to receive
16 health insurance premium assistance payments shall file an
17 application to be covered by a medical insurance carrier
18 approved by the board and to receive the assistance payments.
1 Payments shall begin on the effective date of the health
2 insurance coverage provided by the health insurance carriers
3 approved by the board.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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