HB2772 H H&HR AM #1 2-14


The Committee on Health and Human Resources moved to amend the bill on page two, section seven, line eight, by striking the following:
"Provided, That the Public Employees Insurance Agency will continue and maintain the quality Public Employees Insurance Agency medical and prescription drug coverage for Medicare eligible retired employees and, if the Medicare/Advantage Prescription Drug Plan should fail, the Public Employees Insurance Agency will take all Medicare eligible retired employees back into the existing Public Employees Insurance Agency Plan. "
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On page seven, section seven, following line one hundred ten, by inserting the following:
"(d) The agency shall maintain the medical and prescription drug coverage for Medicare eligible retirees by providing that coverage through one of the existing plans or by enrolling the Medicare eligible retired employees into a Medicare specific plan, including but not limited to, the Medicare/Advantage Prescription Drug Plan. In the event that a Medicare specific plan would no longer be available or advantageous for the agency and the retirees, the retirees shall remain eligible for coverage through the agency."