HB3853 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT in relation to aging.

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

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

Section 5. Reimbursement program. The Medigap Premium Reimbursement Program is established. 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. The Department of Public Aid shall administer the program and shall adopt rules necessary to implement the program.