An Act relative to the Group Insurance Commission and Medicare migration, the official text

	SECTION 1.  Section 18 of chapter 32A of the General Laws is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following sentences:-  
	Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, all retirees, their spouses and dependents, who are insured or eligible to be insured under sections five, ten B and twelve, age 65 or over and not eligible for coverage under medicare part A at no cost to the retiree, spouse, or dependent, shall be transferred by the commission to medicare part A and part B; provided, that the commission shall pay the medicare part A premium and any medicare part A or part B premium penalty assessed by the federal government on said retirees, spouses and dependents as result of transfer into medicare. Each retiree, to be transferred, shall: (a) provide the commission, in such form as the commission shall prescribe, such information as is necessary to transfer to medicare Part A and Part B, and (b) enroll in a medicare health benefits supplement plan offered by the commission under section ten C or section fourteen; provided, that benefits under said plan and medicare part A and part B together shall be of comparable actuarial value to those under the retiree's existing coverage. 
	SECTION 2. The commission shall transfer retirees, their spouses and dependents, in accordance with section 1 of this act, on or before July 1, 2026.