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Sen. Neil Anderson
Filed: 4/11/2024
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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 of Illinois, the State |
14 | | Universities Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement |
15 | | System of the State of Illinois, the Judges Retirement System |
16 | | of Illinois, and the General Assembly Retirement System, may |
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1 | | enter into a contract with a qualified and experienced |
2 | | administrator to establish and conduct a State Retiree |
3 | | Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit and Assistance Program to |
4 | | identify annuitants, retirees, benefit recipients, survivors, |
5 | | or dependents who are eligible for Medicare, but not enrolled |
6 | | in Medicare, and to assist those annuitants, retirees, benefit |
7 | | recipients, survivors, or dependents with enrolling in Social |
8 | | Security and Medicare. |
9 | | (b) The State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit |
10 | | and Assistance Program shall conduct an annual audit of the |
11 | | State health benefits program for everyone covered under the |
12 | | State Employees Group Insurance Program, the Teachers' |
13 | | Retirement Insurance Program, and the College Insurance |
14 | | Program for the purpose of identifying participants and their |
15 | | dependents who are eligible for Medicare under federal law. |
16 | | The Program shall also ensure that those annuitants, retirees, |
17 | | benefit recipients, survivors, or dependents who are eligible |
18 | | for Medicare are enrolled in Medicare with Medicare as their |
19 | | primary health care benefits coverage and the State Health |
20 | | Benefits Program being the secondary provider of their health |
21 | | care benefits coverage. |
22 | | (c) The State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit |
23 | | and Assistance Program shall assist any annuitant, retiree, |
24 | | benefit recipient, survivor or their dependents who becomes |
25 | | disabled, and is not enrolled in Social Security Disability |
26 | | Insurance and Medicare, with enrolling in and obtaining Social |
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1 | | Security Disability Insurance and Medicare benefits. This |
2 | | assistance shall include, but not be limited to: (i) |
3 | | developing communication materials to educate individuals |
4 | | about Social Security Disability Insurance benefits; (ii) |
5 | | performing multiple outreaches to targeted populations; (iii) |
6 | | analyzing responses to determine Social Security Disability |
7 | | Insurance eligibility; and (iv) representing qualified |
8 | | individuals on their claim for Social Security Disability |
9 | | Insurance and Medicare. |
10 | | (d) The administrator shall provide the Department, the |
11 | | State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois, the State |
12 | | Universities Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement |
13 | | System of the State of Illinois, the Judges Retirement System |
14 | | of Illinois, the General Assembly Retirement System, and the |
15 | | General Assembly with an annual report showing the number of |
16 | | annuitants, retirees, benefit recipients, survivors, and |
17 | | dependents who are transitioned to Social Security Disability |
18 | | Insurance and Medicare and the amount of savings realized by |
19 | | the State of Illinois. |
20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on |
21 | | January 1, 2025.". |