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Sen. Neil Anderson
Filed: 4/10/2024
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1176
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1176 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: |
4 | | "Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services |
5 | | Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by |
6 | | adding Section 405-545 as follows: |
7 | | (20 ILCS 405/405-545 new) |
8 | | Sec. 405-545. State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination |
9 | | Audit and Assistance Program. |
10 | | (a) Within 6 months after the effective date of this |
11 | | amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the Department |
12 | | of Central Management Services, in conjunction with the State |
13 | | Employees Retirement System, the State Universities Retirement |
14 | | System, the Teachers' Retirement System, the Judges' |
15 | | Retirement System, and the General Assembly Retirement System, |
16 | | may enter into a contract with a qualified and experienced |
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1 | | administrator to establish and conduct a State Retiree |
2 | | Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit and Assistance Program to |
3 | | identify annuitants, retirees, benefit recipients, survivors |
4 | | or their dependents who are eligible for Medicare, but not |
5 | | enrolled in Medicare, and to assist those annuitants, |
6 | | retirees, benefit recipients, survivors or their dependents |
7 | | with enrolling in Social Security and Medicare. |
8 | | (b) The State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit |
9 | | and Assistance Program shall conduct an annual audit of the |
10 | | State Health Benefits Program for everyone covered under the |
11 | | State Employee Group Health Plan, the Teachers' Retirement |
12 | | Insurance Program, and the Community College Insurance Program |
13 | | for the purpose of identifying participants and their |
14 | | dependents who are eligible for Medicare under federal law. |
15 | | The Program shall also ensure that those annuitants, retirees, |
16 | | benefit recipients, survivors or their dependents who are |
17 | | eligible for Medicare are enrolled in Medicare with Medicare |
18 | | as their primary health care benefits coverage and the State |
19 | | Health Benefits Program being the secondary provider of their |
20 | | health care benefits coverage. |
21 | | (c) The State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit |
22 | | and Assistance Program shall assist any annuitant, retiree, |
23 | | benefit recipient, survivor or their dependents who becomes |
24 | | disabled, and is not enrolled in Social Security Disability |
25 | | Insurance and Medicare, with enrolling in and obtaining Social |
26 | | Security Disability Insurance and Medicare benefits. This |
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1 | | assistance shall include, but not be limited to: (i) |
2 | | developing communication materials to educate individuals |
3 | | about Social Security Disability Insurance benefits; (ii) |
4 | | performing multiple outreaches to targeted populations; (iii) |
5 | | analyzing responses to determine Social Security Disability |
6 | | Insurance eligibility; and (iv) representing qualified |
7 | | individuals on their claim for Social Security Disability |
8 | | Insurance and Medicare. |
9 | | (d) The administrator shall provide the Department, the |
10 | | State Employees Retirement System, and the General Assembly |
11 | | with an annual report showing the number of annuitants, |
12 | | retirees, benefit recipients, survivors and dependents who are |
13 | | transitioned to Social Security Disability Insurance and |
14 | | Medicare and the amount of savings realized by the State of |
15 | | Illinois. |
16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
17 | | 1, 2025.". |