§ 3105. Association group life insurance for Pennsylvania National Guard
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 51 Pa.C.S.A. Military AffairsEffective: September 5, 2006
Effective: September 5, 2006
51 Pa.C.S.A. § 3105
§ 3105. Association group life insurance for Pennsylvania National Guard
(1) The members eligible for insurance under the policy shall all be members of the Pennsylvania National Guard or their spouses or dependents. A member of the Pennsylvania National Guard who becomes insured under this program while a member may continue the insurance, including group term life insurance, after discharge or retirement from the Pennsylvania National Guard.
(2) The premium for the policy shall be paid by the individual members of the Pennsylvania National Guard or their spouses or dependents who elect to participate in the insurance plan either by direct payment or by allotment from military pay. An individual family member may insure his spouse or dependent without their signature or approval.
(6) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the policy or policies must comply with the provisions of the act of May 11, 1949 (P.L. 1210, No. 367),1 referred to as the Group Life Insurance Policy Law, and be approved by the Insurance Commissioner and the Adjutant General.
(1) For eligible members of the Pennsylvania National Guard, the Commonwealth shall pay premiums not otherwise paid by the Federal Government so that eligible members have life insurance coverage equal to the maximum available Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance coverage. Premium payments may take one of the following forms:
(2) In the case of an eligible member of the Pennsylvania National Guard who was killed in the line of duty after September 11, 2001, and before the effective date of this subsection, the Commonwealth shall pay the designated beneficiary of the member or, if none, the member's next of kin an amount equal to the greater of the premiums paid for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance coverage for the period the eligible member was deployed or, if the member did not elect the maximum coverage, the difference between the maximum coverage in effect at the time the eligible member was killed and the amount of coverage elected by the member.
(1) members of the Pennsylvania National Guard ordered to active Federal service for a period of 30 or more consecutive days while preparing to deploy, deployed and demobilizing from deployment, to areas or operations designated by the Secretary of Defense as “zones of combat” or “combat operations”; and
Credits
1990, Dec. 17, P.L. 700, No. 174, § 3, retroactive effective Aug. 1, 1990. Amended 2006, July 7, P.L. 1046, No. 105, § 1, effective in 60 days [Sept. 5, 2006].
Footnotes
40 P.S. § 532.1 et seq.
51 Pa.C.S.A. § 3105, PA ST 51 Pa.C.S.A. § 3105
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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