Government Employees (Health Insurance) Amendment Act 2006
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (HEALTH INSURANCE)
AMENDMENT ACT 2006



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GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (HEALTH INSURANCE)
AMENDMENT ACT 2006

Date of Assent: 6 June 2006

Operative Date: 6 June 2006


WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Government Employees
(Health Insurance) Act 1986:

Be it enacted by The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate and the House of Assembly of
Bermuda, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Citation
1 This Act, which amends the Government Employees (Health
Insurance) Act 1986 (the “principal Act”), may be cited as the
Government Employees (Health Insurance) Amendment Act 2006.

Amends section 2
2 The definition “child” in section 2(1) of the principal Act is
amended in paragraph (b) by deleting the number “21” and substituting
the number “26”.

Amends section 2A
3 The principal Act is amended in section 2A by renumbering the
section as subsection (1) and adding next after that subsection the
following—

“(2) Members may enrol at any time within three months after
their election or appointment but any enrolment of the member,


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the member’s non-employed spouse or the member’s dependants
made thereafter shall not take effect until the expiry of—

(a) six months after the date of that enrolment; or

(b) such shorter period as the Committee may
decide.”.

Amends section 12
4 The principal Act is amended in section 12 by repealing
subsection (1)(b) and replacing it by the following—

“(b) the benefits to be enjoyed by each insured person in
respect of any injury, illness or condition which requires
medical, dental (including preventative dental) or
hospital care; or”.