s 16 Pioneer Generation and Merdeka Generation benefits
16.—(1) The financial assistance to which a Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior is eligible under this Act is as follows:(a) a cash grant to be credited, in respect of a prescribed period (if prescribed), to the Medisave account or other account of the Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior in the Central Provident Fund, being of an amount prescribed for the Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior or the class that the Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior belongs;[Act 31 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022] (b) for Pioneers only, a cash grant payable in such other manner of an amount prescribed for the Pioneer if he or she has any disability or satisfies such other conditions as may be prescribed for the grant; (c) for Merdeka Generation Seniors only, a cash grant to be credited to the Merdeka Generation Senior’s PAssion Silver stored value card, being of an amount prescribed; (d) a subsidy of the cost of any premium of a prescribed insurance scheme covering the Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior (whether alone or as a member of a class) in relation to health services, up to the maximum proportion or maximum amount of that cost prescribed for the Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior or the class that the Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior belongs; (e) a subsidy of the cost of any premium of a prescribed insurance scheme covering the Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior in relation to any disability, being of an amount prescribed for the Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior (as the case may be) and payable for premiums due during a prescribed period; (f) a subsidy of the cost of any relevant health service rendered or provided to the Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior by any prescribed healthcare provider, up to the maximum proportion or maximum amount of that cost prescribed for the Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior.[16/2019] (2) If —(a) a reimbursement arrangement is made in respect of any relevant health service rendered or provided to a Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior; (b) a prescribed healthcare provider referred to in subsection (1)(f) is party to or bound by that arrangement; (c) that prescribed healthcare provider renders or provides any relevant health service to a Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior; and (d) that prescribed healthcare provider is entitled, under the reimbursement arrangement, to reimbursement of the whole or part of the cost and expenses it incurred in respect of the relevant health service so rendered or provided, there is payable to the prescribed healthcare provider a grant by way of reimbursement (called a reimbursement grant) of its cost and expenses in rendering or providing the relevant health service to the Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior, up to the maximum proportion or maximum amount of those costs and expenses allowed under the reimbursement arrangement applicable to that prescribed healthcare provider. [16/2019] (3) However, nothing in this section prevents a Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior from refusing any financial assistance under subsection (1).[16/2019]