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                                     LRB093 07339 DRJ 07501 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to aging.

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

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

 6        Section 5.  Reimbursement program.  The  Medigap  Premium
 7    Reimbursement  Program  is  established. Under the program, a
 8    person who is 65 years of age or older and who purchases  and
 9    pays  the  premiums  for  a  policy  of Medicare supplemental
10    ("Medigap")  insurance  that  contains  a  prescription  drug
11    benefit is entitled to receive $25 per month from  the  State
12    for  each  month  that  he  or  she pays those premiums, as a
13    reimbursement  of  a  part  of  the  cost  of  the  insurance
14    coverage. The Department of Public Aid shall  administer  the
15    program  and  shall  adopt  rules  necessary to implement the
16    program.