S1137B1621A06043 MSP:DM 03/10/08 #90 A06043 AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1137 Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE SCHRODER Printer's No. 1621 1 Amend Title, page 1, line 22, by inserting after "FOR" 2 health insurance continuation and for 3 Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 712), page 10, lines 2 through 4, by 4 striking out all of said lines 5 Amend Sec. 2 (Sec. 752), page 17, line 21, by striking out 6 "(A) ANNUAL ALLOCATION.--" 7 Amend Sec. 2 (Sec. 752), page 17, lines 23 through 30; page 8 18, lines 1 through 8, by striking out "ANNUALLY AS FOLLOWS:" in 9 line 24, all of lines 23 through 30, page 17, all of lines 1 10 through 8, page 18 and inserting 11 for continuation of health insurance under section 12 5103.2. The annual allocation under this section 13 shall not exceed $42,000,000. 14 Amend Bill, page 20, by inserting between lines 26 and 27 15 Section 5.1. The act is amended by adding a section to read: 16 Section 5103.2. Health insurance continuation. 17 (a) Eligibility.--A person collecting unemployment benefits 18 shall be eligible for a rebate of 50% of the cost of any health 19 care insurance premium the person paid during the period during 20 which the person collects unemployment benefits. 21 (b) Allocation.--Funds allocated under section 752 shall be 22 used by the Insurance Department to provide rebates under 23 subsection (a). 24 (c) Regulations.--The Insurance Department shall promulgate 25 regulations to effectuate this section. 26 Amend Sec. 7, page 20, line 30; page 21, lines 1 through 9, 27 by striking out all of said lines on said pages 28 Amend Sec. 8, page 21, line 10, by striking out "8" and
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