PRINTER'S NO. 1026
No. 911 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, COSTA, BOSCOLA AND O'PAKE, MAY 3, 1999
REFERRED TO FINANCE, MAY 3, 1999
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. D12L71SFL/19990S0911B1026 - 2 -