A-29.01 - Act respecting prescription drug insurance

Section 24.1 Disposition versions

2011-12-09

24.1. The following persons are exempted from payment of the premium for a calendar year:

(1)  persons 65 years of age or over throughout the year who receive monthly guaranteed income supplements in the year under the Old Age Security Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. O-9), the aggregate of which supplements represents at least 94% of the maximum amount that may be paid in that respect annually; and

(2)  persons who reach 65 years of age in the year, if paragraph 2 of section 15 applies to them for each of the months in the year that precede the month following the month in which they reach that age and if they receive, for each of the months in the year that follow the month in which they reach that age, at least 94% of the maximum amount of monthly guaranteed income supplement under the Old Age Security Act.

For the purposes of subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the first paragraph, an amount received by a person as a monthly guaranteed income supplement under the Old Age Security Act and the maximum amount that may be paid in that respect must be determined without taking into account the amount that may be added to the amount of the supplement under section 12.1 or 22.1 of that Act.

2009, c. 5, s. 3; 2011, c. 34, s. 8.

2009-05-15

24.1. Persons 65 years of age or over throughout a calendar year who receive monthly guaranteed income supplements in the year under the Old Age Security Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. O-9), the aggregate of which supplements represents at least 94% of the maximum amount that may be paid in that respect annually, are exempted from payment of the premium for that year.

2009, c. 5, s. 3.