Ley 68 del 1983

(P. del S. 960)

9ma Asamblea Legislativa Núm. 68
3.4 Sesión Ordinaria

(Aprobada en 3 de junio de 1983 LEY

Para enrendar el inciso

(b) de la Sección 7 de la Ley Núm. 95 de 29 de junio de 1963, según enmendada, para disponer que cuando ambos cónyuges estén retirados del servicio público o uno esté retirado y el otro sea empleado público, tendrán derecho a que se le apliquen las aportaciones gubernamentales de ambos, al plan familiar médico de su selección hasta el máximo de la referida aportación gubernamental, o cada cónyuge podrá acogerse individualmente al plan individual o familiar de su preferencia.

Decrétase por la Asamblea Legislativa de Puerto Rico:

Artículo 1.- Se enmienda el inciso

(b) de la Sección 7, de la Ley Núm. 95 de 29 de junio de 1963, según enmendada, para que lea como sigue: "Sección 7.—

(a) (b) Si el cónyuge de un empleado o pensionado trabajase en el servicio público o estuviese a su vez pensionado del servicio público cualquiera de los dos cónyuges podrá acogerse para si y para su familia a un plan familiar de su selección, y tendrá derecho a que se le apliquen las aportaciones gubernamentales de ambos, a dicho plan hasta el rıáximo de la referida aportación gubernamental, o cada cónyuge podrá acogerse individualmente al plan familiar o individual de su preferencia."

Artículo 2.- Esta Ley comenzará a regir inmediatamente después de su aprobación, excepto que el Secretario de Hacienda tendrá sesenta (60) días para modificar el reglamento a tenor con las enmiendas de esta Ley. Dicho reglamento tendrá aplicación retroactiva a la fecha de aprobación de esta Ley.

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COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO

OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES

CAPITOL BUILDING P.O. BOX 3986

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00904

September 24, 1984

Juan R. Melecio, Director of the Office of Legislative Services of the Legislature of Puerto Rico, hereby certifies to the Secretary of State that he has duly compared the English and Spanish texts of Act No. 68 (S. B. 960) of the 3rd Session of the 9th Legislature of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, entitled:

AN ACT to amend subsection

(b) of Section 7 of Act No. 95 of June 29, 1963 as amended, to provide that when both spouses are retired from public service, or one is retired and the other is still a public employee, they shall be entitled to have the government contributions for both applied to the family health benefit plan of their choice, etc., and finds the same are complete, true and correct versions of each other.

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(NO. 68) (Approved June 3, 1983) AN ACT

To amend subsection

(b) of Section 7 of Act No. 95 of June 29, 1963 as amended, to provide that when both spouses are retired from public service, or one is retired and the other is still a public employee, they shall be entitled to have the government contributions for both applied to the family health benefit plan of their choice, up to the maximum allowance of such government contribution, or each spouse may enroll as an individual in the individual or family plan of his choice.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF PUERTO RICO: Section 1.- Paragraph

(b) of Section 7 of Act No. 95 of June 29, 1963 as amended, is hereby amended, to read as follows: "Section 7.-

(a) (b) If the spouse of an employee or retired employee works in the public service or is, in turn, retired from the public service, either of the spouses may enroll for himself and his family in a family plan of his choice, and shall be

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entitled to have the government contributions for both applied to such plan up to the maximum allowance of such government contribution, or each spouse may enroll as an individual in the individual or family plan of his choice."

Section 2.- This Act shall take effect immediately after its approval, except that the Secretary of the Treasury will have sixty (60) days to modify the regulations to comply with the amendments of this Act. Such regulations will apply retroactively to the date of approval of this Act.