A bill to create a Tricare premium reimbursement program; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities.
House Bill 5433 would create a new act to require the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to create and operate the Tricare premium reimbursement program. Under the program, the department could award grants for a premium paid for individual coverage through the Tricare reserve select program, the Tricare dental program, or both, to members of the Michigan National Guard who are eligible for coverage under the program or programs and who meet the reimbursement application requirements and any other eligibility criteria established by the department. Tricare reserve select program would mean a voluntary health insurance plan for eligible members of the Michigan National Guard who are not on active duty and are not covered by a traditional assistance management program, an existing health insurance program through an employer, or a private market plan. Tricare dental program would mean a voluntary dental health insurance plan for eligible members of the Michigan National Guard who are not on active duty and are not covered by a traditional assistance management program, an existing health insurance program through an employer, or a private market plan. The eligible individual would have to apply for reimbursement under the program by submitting an application to the department on a form containing information determined by the department. The department would have to make the form, with instructions, available on its website. The department also would have to develop and issue rules to implement the act.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Military, Veterans and Homeland Security
Reported with substitute H-1
