Rep. Frank J. Mautino
Filed: 3/23/2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4572 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4572, AS AMENDED, in 
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Section 5, by replacing all of subsection (h) of Sec. 3 as 
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follows:

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    "(h) "Dependent", when the term is used in the context of 
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the health
and life plan, means a member's spouse and any 
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unmarried child (1) from
birth to age 19 including an adopted 
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child, a child who lives with the
member from the time of the 
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filing of a petition for adoption until entry
of an order of 
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adoption, a stepchild or recognized child who lives with the

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member in a parent-child relationship, or a child who lives 
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with the member
if such member is a court appointed guardian of 
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the child, or (2)
age 19 to 23 enrolled as a full-time student 
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in any accredited school,
financially dependent upon the 
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member, and eligible to be claimed as a
dependent for income 
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tax purposes, or (3) age 19 or over who has a mental or 
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physical disability, is financially dependent upon the member, 
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and is eligible to be claimed as a dependent for income tax 
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purposes. Disability for purposes of this Act may be, but is 
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not required to be, proved by a showing that a dependent is 
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eligible to receive disability benefits under the federal 
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Social Security Act
is mentally
or physically handicapped. For

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the health plan only, the term "dependent" also includes any 
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person
enrolled prior to the effective date of this Section who 
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is dependent upon
the member to the extent that the member may 
 


 






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claim such person as a
dependent for income tax deduction 
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purposes; no other such
person may be enrolled.
For the health 
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plan only, the term "dependent" also includes any person who

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has received after June 30, 2000 an organ transplant and who is 
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financially
dependent upon the member and eligible to be 
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claimed as a dependent for income
tax purposes. For purposes of 
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the health plan, the term "dependent" shall be liberally 
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construed by the courts and by the Department in a manner that 
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assures adequate health care for children and persons with 
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disabilities.".