94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3853


 
Introduced 2/25/2005, by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan - Elizabeth Coulson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













New Act









    Creates the Medigap Premium Reimbursement Act. Establishes the Medigap
Premium Reimbursement Program, to be administered by the Department of Public
Aid.
Provides that under the program, a person who is 65 years of age or older and
who
purchases and pays the premiums for a policy of Medicare supplemental
("Medigap")
insurance that contains a prescription drug benefit is entitled to receive $25
per month
from the State for each month that he or she pays those premiums, as a reimbursement of
a part of the cost of the insurance coverage.
















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HB3853

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    AN ACT in relation to aging. 

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 1. Short title.  This Act may be cited as the 
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Medigap Premium
Reimbursement Act.



 
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    Section 5. Reimbursement program.  The Medigap Premium 
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Reimbursement
Program is established. Under the program, a 
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person who is 65 years of age or
older and
who purchases and 
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pays the premiums for a policy of Medicare supplemental

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("Medigap") insurance that contains a prescription drug 
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benefit is entitled to
receive $25
per month from the State for 
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each month that he or she pays those premiums, as
a

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reimbursement of a part of the cost of the insurance coverage. 
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The Department
of Public
Aid shall administer the program and 
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shall adopt rules necessary to implement
the
program.