Senate Bill No. 634
(By Senator Oliverio, Prezioso, Mitchell, Love, Sprouse,
McKenzie, Minard, Caldwell, Sharpe, Ross, Hunter, Kessler,
Burnette, Chafin, Minear, Anderson, Fanning and Snyder)
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[Introduced February 18, 2002; referred to the Committee
on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend article sixteen, chapter five of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section seven-c,
relating to the waiver of public employees insurance premiums
for participants who exclusively purchase maintenance drugs
through the veterans administration and not through the public
employees insurance program.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article sixteen, chapter five of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
seven-c, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 16. WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES INSURANCE ACT.
§5-16-7c. Waiver of premiums for purchasing maintenance drugs
through the veterans administration.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, any
person who is a public employees insurance act participant and
purchases maintenance drugs through the veterans administration,
and not through the public employees insurance act program, shall
have his or her public employees insurance act premiums waived:
Provided, That the public employees insurance act participant
exclusively purchases his or her maintenance drugs through the
veterans administration.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to waive PEIA premiums for
participants that exclusively purchase maintenance drugs through
the Veterans Administration and not PEIA.
This section is
new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.