| (a) A retiree who was enrolled in TRS-Care and voluntarily
terminated the retiree's enrollment between January 1, 2017, and December
31, 2019, will have a one-time opportunity to reenroll in TRS-Care
if the retiree is otherwise eligible and meets the following requirements:
(1) The retiree is eligible to enroll in Medicare at
the time the retiree applies for reenrollment in TRS-Care; and
(2) The retiree applies for reenrollment into TRS-Care
no later than December 31, 2023.
(b) A retiree will be considered eligible to enroll
in Medicare for purposes of subsection (a)(1) above if at the time
the retiree applies for reenrollment into TRS-Care, the retiree is
eligible to enroll in the Medicare Advantage plan offered under TRS-Care,
according to Section 1575.1582(b) of the Insurance Code.
(c) If the retiree's application to reenroll under
this section is approved, the retiree will be able to enroll in TRS-Care
any eligible dependents.
(d) If the retiree who was enrolled in TRS-Care and
voluntarily terminated the retiree's enrollment between January 1,
2017 and December 31, 2019 has since passed away, the retiree's surviving
spouse or the retiree's surviving dependent child will be eligible
to enroll under this section, as long as:
(1) The surviving spouse or surviving dependent child
qualifies as such under Section 1575.003 of the Insurance Code,
(2) The surviving spouse or surviving dependent child
is eligible to enroll in Medicare at the time the person applies for
enrollment, according to subsection (b) of this section, and
(3) The surviving spouse or surviving dependent child
applies for enrollment into TRS-Care no later than December 31, 2023.
If a surviving spouse's application for enrollment under this subsection
is approved, the surviving spouse will be able to elect to enroll
any eligible surviving dependent child as a dependent.
(e) The effective date of coverage in the TRS-Care
plan under this section will be the first day of the month after TRS
receives the written request from the eligible person to enroll.
(f) This section will expire on September 1, 2024,
unless the one-time reenrollment opportunity is extended by legislative
action, in which case this section will remain in place until such
one-time reenrollment opportunity expires according to such legislative
action.
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