SB 370

Act
No. 36
Public
Acts of 2025
Approved
by the Governor
December
9, 2025
Filed
with the Secretary of State
December
9, 2025
EFFECTIVE
DATE:� December 9, 2025
state of michigan
103rd Legislature
Regular session of 2025
Introduced by Senator Singh
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 370
AN ACT to create a Tricare
premium reimbursement program; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain
state governmental officers and entities.
The People of the State of
Michigan enact:
Sec. 1. (1) This act
may be cited as the �Tricare premium reimbursement program act�.
(2)
As used in this act:
(a) �Department� means
the department of military and veterans affairs.
(b) �Eligible recipient�
means a member of the Michigan National Guard who is eligible for coverage
under the Tricare reserve select program or the Tricare dental program and meets any other eligibility criteria established by
the department.
(c)
�Fund� means the Michigan National Guard member benefit fund created in the
Michigan National Guard member benefit fund act.
(d)
�Program� means the Tricare premium reimbursement program created in
section 3.
(e)
�Tricare dental program� means a voluntary dental health insurance plan for
eligible recipients 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.
(f)
�Tricare reserve select program� means a voluntary health insurance plan for
eligible recipients 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.
Sec. 3. (1) The department shall create and
operate a Tricare premium reimbursement program. Under
the program, the department shall, if there is sufficient money in the fund to cover
the reimbursements, make reimbursements to eligible recipients who meet
the reimbursement application requirements for a premium paid for either or both of the following:
(a) Individual coverage
through the Tricare reserve select program.
(b)
Individual coverage under the Tricare dental program.
(2) To apply for
reimbursement under the program, an eligible recipient must submit an
application to the department using a form, as
determined by the department, that contains the information required by the
department. The department shall make the form described in this subsection, and the instructions
for completing and submitting the form,
available on the department�s website.
Sec. 5. The department shall promulgate rules
to implement this act under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA
306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.
Enacting section 1. This act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 103rd Legislature are enacted into
law:
(a) Senate Bill
No. 540.
(b) Senate Bill
No. 542.
(c) House Bill No.
4962.
This act is ordered to take
immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of
Representatives
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor