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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act Authorizing Participation in the State Group Health Plan for Retiring Legislators and Other Citizens of the State’
Further amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §285, sub-§1, ¶I,  as amended by PL 2001, c. 667, Pt. E, §2 and PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is further amended to read:
 
I.  Any licensed foster parent caring for a child or children in the foster parent’s residence whose care is reimbursed through the Department of Health and Human Services for the period during which the child or children are in that foster parent’s care; and
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §285, sub-§1, ¶J,  as enacted by PL 2001, c. 667, Pt. E, §3, is amended to read:
 
J.  Legislative employees that are recipients of retirement allowances from the Maine State Retirement System based upon creditable service as teachers, as defined by section 17001, subsection 42.; and
Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §285, sub-§1, ¶K  is enacted to read:
 
K.  Any citizen of the State.’
Further amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
Under the bill, authorization for participation in the state group health plan is extended to certain Legislators who were not previously eligible. This amendment further extends authorization for participation to citizens of the State.