Delaware General Assembly

Enact w/o Sign 10/1/24

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

5/16/24

Baumbach

Reps. Ramone, Dorsey Walker
Sen. Townsend, Pettyjohn

Reps. Bolden, K. Johnson, Parker Selby, Schwartzkopf, Wilson-Anton, Harris, Minor-Brown, Yearick
Sen. S. McBride, Sokola, Sturgeon, Lockman

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE HEALTH CARE INSURANCE.

This Act implements a recommendation from the December 31, 2023, Report of the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee (RHBAS). Under this Act, the State must continue to offer eligible pensioners first employed by the State as a regular officer or employee (first employed) before January 1, 2025, a plan that is comparable to the current Special Medicfill Medicare Supplement plan. However, for eligible pensioners first employed on or after January 1, 2025, the State may offer different Medicare supplement plans that are not high deductible plans. This Act differs from the RHBAS recommendation because it does not limit the plan for eligible pensioners first employed on or after January 1, 2025, to plans that are comparable to the current Medicare supplement Plan G and Plan L. This difference is because under this Act, the State will not be able to offer a different Medicare supplement plan to any eligible pensioners until January 1, 2040, and details about the Medicare supplement plans that will be available at that time is unknown. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual and to align with related legislation.

84:475

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10/1/24

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