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1 | AN ACT concerning State employee group insurance.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 375/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 523)
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7 | Sec. 3. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | requires, the
following words and phrases as used in this Act | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | shall have the following
meanings. The Department may define | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | these and other words and phrases
separately for the purpose of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | implementing specific programs providing benefits
under this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Act.
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13 | (a) "Administrative service organization" means any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | person, firm or
corporation experienced in the handling of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | claims which is
fully qualified, financially sound and capable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | of meeting the service
requirements of a contract of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | administration executed with the Department.
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18 | (b) "Annuitant" means (1) an employee who retires, or has | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | retired,
on or after January 1, 1966 on an immediate annuity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | under the provisions
of Articles 2, 14, 15 (including an | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | employee who has retired under the optional
retirement program | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | established under Section 15-158.2),
paragraphs (2), (3), or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | (5) of Section 16-106, or
Article 18 of the Illinois Pension | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Code; (2) any person who was receiving
group insurance coverage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | under this Act as of March 31, 1978 by
reason of his status as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | an annuitant, even though the annuity in relation
to which such | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | coverage was provided is a proportional annuity based on less
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28 | than the minimum period of service required for a retirement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | annuity in
the system involved; (3) any person not otherwise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | covered by this Act
who has retired as a participating member | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | under Article 2 of the Illinois
Pension Code but is ineligible | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | for the retirement annuity under Section
2-119 of the Illinois |
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1 | Pension Code; (4) the spouse of any person who
is receiving a | ||||||
2 | retirement annuity under Article 18 of the Illinois Pension
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3 | Code and who is covered under a group health insurance program | ||||||
4 | sponsored
by a governmental employer other than the State of | ||||||
5 | Illinois and who has
irrevocably elected to waive his or her | ||||||
6 | coverage under this Act and to have
his or her spouse | ||||||
7 | considered as the "annuitant" under this Act and not as
a | ||||||
8 | "dependent"; or (5) an employee who retires, or has retired, | ||||||
9 | from a
qualified position, as determined according to rules | ||||||
10 | promulgated by the
Director, under a qualified local government | ||||||
11 | or a qualified rehabilitation
facility or a qualified domestic | ||||||
12 | violence shelter or service. (For definition
of "retired | ||||||
13 | employee", see (p) post).
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14 | (b-5) "New SERS annuitant" means a person who, on or after | ||||||
15 | January 1,
1998, becomes an annuitant, as defined in subsection | ||||||
16 | (b), by virtue of
beginning to receive a retirement annuity | ||||||
17 | under Article 14 of the Illinois
Pension Code, and is eligible | ||||||
18 | to participate in the basic program of group
health benefits | ||||||
19 | provided for annuitants under this Act.
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20 | (b-6) "New SURS annuitant" means a person who (1) on or | ||||||
21 | after January 1,
1998, becomes an annuitant, as defined in | ||||||
22 | subsection (b), by virtue of
beginning to receive a retirement | ||||||
23 | annuity under Article 15 of the Illinois
Pension Code, (2) has | ||||||
24 | not made the election authorized under Section 15-135.1
of the | ||||||
25 | Illinois Pension Code, and (3) is eligible to participate in | ||||||
26 | the basic
program of group
health benefits provided for | ||||||
27 | annuitants under this Act.
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28 | (b-7) "New TRS State annuitant" means a person who, on or | ||||||
29 | after July
1, 1998, becomes an annuitant, as defined in | ||||||
30 | subsection (b), by virtue of
beginning to receive a retirement | ||||||
31 | annuity under Article 16 of the Illinois
Pension Code based on | ||||||
32 | service as a teacher as defined in
paragraph (2), (3), or (5) | ||||||
33 | of Section 16-106 of that Code, and is eligible
to participate | ||||||
34 | in the basic program of group health benefits provided for
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35 | annuitants under this Act.
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36 | (c) "Carrier" means (1) an insurance company, a corporation |
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1 | organized
under the Limited Health Service Organization Act or | ||||||
2 | the Voluntary Health
Services Plan Act, a partnership, or other | ||||||
3 | nongovernmental organization,
which is authorized to do group | ||||||
4 | life or group health insurance business in
Illinois, or (2) the | ||||||
5 | State of Illinois as a self-insurer.
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6 | (d) "Compensation" means salary or wages payable on a | ||||||
7 | regular
payroll by the State Treasurer on a warrant of the | ||||||
8 | State Comptroller out
of any State, trust or federal fund, or | ||||||
9 | by the Governor of the State
through a disbursing officer of | ||||||
10 | the State out of a trust or out of
federal funds, or by any | ||||||
11 | Department out of State, trust, federal or
other funds held by | ||||||
12 | the State Treasurer or the Department, to any person
for | ||||||
13 | personal services currently performed, and ordinary or | ||||||
14 | accidental
disability benefits under Articles 2, 14, 15 | ||||||
15 | (including ordinary or accidental
disability benefits under | ||||||
16 | the optional retirement program established under
Section | ||||||
17 | 15-158.2), paragraphs (2), (3), or (5) of
Section 16-106, or | ||||||
18 | Article 18 of the Illinois Pension Code, for disability
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19 | incurred after January 1, 1966, or benefits payable under the | ||||||
20 | Workers'
Compensation or Occupational Diseases Act or benefits | ||||||
21 | payable under a sick
pay plan established in accordance with | ||||||
22 | Section 36 of the State Finance Act.
"Compensation" also means | ||||||
23 | salary or wages paid to an employee of any
qualified local | ||||||
24 | government or qualified rehabilitation facility or a
qualified | ||||||
25 | domestic violence shelter or service.
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26 | (e) "Commission" means the State Employees Group Insurance | ||||||
27 | Advisory
Commission authorized by this Act. Commencing July 1, | ||||||
28 | 1984, "Commission"
as used in this Act means the Illinois | ||||||
29 | Economic and Fiscal Commission as
established by the | ||||||
30 | Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984.
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31 | (f) "Contributory", when referred to as contributory | ||||||
32 | coverage, shall
mean optional coverages or benefits elected by | ||||||
33 | the member toward the cost of
which such member makes | ||||||
34 | contribution, or which are funded in whole or in part
through | ||||||
35 | the acceptance of a reduction in earnings or the foregoing of | ||||||
36 | an
increase in earnings by an employee, as distinguished from |
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1 | noncontributory
coverage or benefits which are paid entirely by | ||||||
2 | the State of Illinois
without reduction of the member's salary.
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3 | (g) "Department" means any department, institution, board,
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4 | commission, officer, court or any agency of the State | ||||||
5 | government
receiving appropriations and having power to | ||||||
6 | certify payrolls to the
Comptroller authorizing payments of | ||||||
7 | salary and wages against such
appropriations as are made by the | ||||||
8 | General Assembly from any State fund, or
against trust funds | ||||||
9 | held by the State Treasurer and includes boards of
trustees of | ||||||
10 | the retirement systems created by Articles 2, 14, 15, 16 and
18 | ||||||
11 | of the Illinois Pension Code. "Department" also includes the | ||||||
12 | Illinois
Comprehensive Health Insurance Board, the Board of | ||||||
13 | Examiners established under
the Illinois Public Accounting | ||||||
14 | Act, and the Illinois Finance Authority.
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15 | (h) "Dependent", when the term is used in the context of | ||||||
16 | the health
and life plan, means a member's spouse and any | ||||||
17 | unmarried child (1) from
birth to age 19 including an adopted | ||||||
18 | child, a child who lives with the
member from the time of the | ||||||
19 | filing of a petition for adoption until entry
of an order of | ||||||
20 | adoption, a stepchild or recognized child who lives with the
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21 | member in a parent-child relationship, or a child who lives | ||||||
22 | with the member
if such member is a court appointed guardian of | ||||||
23 | the child, or (2)
age 19 to 23 enrolled as a full-time student | ||||||
24 | in any accredited school,
financially dependent upon the | ||||||
25 | member, and eligible to be claimed as a
dependent for income | ||||||
26 | tax purposes, or (3) age 19 or over who is mentally
or | ||||||
27 | physically handicapped. For
the health plan only, the term | ||||||
28 | "dependent" also includes any person
enrolled prior to the | ||||||
29 | effective date of this Section who is dependent upon
the member | ||||||
30 | to the extent that the member may claim such person as a
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31 | dependent for income tax deduction purposes; no other such
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32 | person may be enrolled.
For the health plan only, the term | ||||||
33 | "dependent" also includes any person who
has received after | ||||||
34 | June 30, 2000 an organ transplant and who is financially
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35 | dependent upon the member and eligible to be claimed as a | ||||||
36 | dependent for income
tax purposes.
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1 | (i) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois | ||||||
2 | Department of Central
Management Services.
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3 | (j) "Eligibility period" means the period of time a member | ||||||
4 | has to
elect enrollment in programs or to select benefits | ||||||
5 | without regard to
age, sex or health.
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6 | (k) "Employee" means and includes each officer or employee | ||||||
7 | in the
service of a department who (1) receives his | ||||||
8 | compensation for
service rendered to the department on a | ||||||
9 | warrant issued pursuant to a payroll
certified by a department | ||||||
10 | or on a warrant or check issued and drawn by a
department upon | ||||||
11 | a trust, federal or other fund or on a warrant issued
pursuant | ||||||
12 | to a payroll certified by an elected or duly appointed officer
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13 | of the State or who receives payment of the performance of | ||||||
14 | personal
services on a warrant issued pursuant to a payroll | ||||||
15 | certified by a
Department and drawn by the Comptroller upon the | ||||||
16 | State Treasurer against
appropriations made by the General | ||||||
17 | Assembly from any fund or against
trust funds held by the State | ||||||
18 | Treasurer, and (2) is employed full-time or
part-time in a | ||||||
19 | position normally requiring actual performance of duty
during | ||||||
20 | not less than 1/2 of a normal work period, as established by | ||||||
21 | the
Director in cooperation with each department, except that | ||||||
22 | persons elected
by popular vote will be considered employees | ||||||
23 | during the entire
term for which they are elected regardless of | ||||||
24 | hours devoted to the
service of the State, and (3) except that | ||||||
25 | "employee" does not include any
person who is not eligible by | ||||||
26 | reason of such person's employment to
participate in one of the | ||||||
27 | State retirement systems under Articles 2, 14, 15
(either the | ||||||
28 | regular Article 15 system or the optional retirement program
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29 | established under Section 15-158.2) or 18, or under paragraph | ||||||
30 | (2), (3), or
(5) of Section 16-106, of the Illinois
Pension | ||||||
31 | Code, but such term does include persons who are employed | ||||||
32 | during
the 6 month qualifying period under Article 14 of the | ||||||
33 | Illinois Pension
Code. Such term also includes any person who | ||||||
34 | (1) after January 1, 1966,
is receiving ordinary or accidental | ||||||
35 | disability benefits under Articles
2, 14, 15 (including | ||||||
36 | ordinary or accidental disability benefits under the
optional |
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1 | retirement program established under Section 15-158.2), | ||||||
2 | paragraphs
(2), (3), or (5) of Section 16-106, or Article 18 of | ||||||
3 | the
Illinois Pension Code, for disability incurred after | ||||||
4 | January 1, 1966, (2)
receives total permanent or total | ||||||
5 | temporary disability under the Workers'
Compensation Act or | ||||||
6 | Occupational Disease Act as a result of injuries
sustained or | ||||||
7 | illness contracted in the course of employment with the
State | ||||||
8 | of Illinois, or (3) is not otherwise covered under this Act and | ||||||
9 | has
retired as a participating member under Article 2 of the | ||||||
10 | Illinois Pension
Code but is ineligible for the retirement | ||||||
11 | annuity under Section 2-119 of
the Illinois Pension Code. | ||||||
12 | However, a person who satisfies the criteria
of the foregoing | ||||||
13 | definition of "employee" except that such person is made
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14 | ineligible to participate in the State Universities Retirement | ||||||
15 | System by
clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the | ||||||
16 | Illinois Pension
Code is also an "employee" for the purposes of | ||||||
17 | this Act. "Employee" also
includes any person receiving or | ||||||
18 | eligible for benefits under a sick pay
plan established in | ||||||
19 | accordance with Section 36 of the State Finance Act.
"Employee" | ||||||
20 | also includes each officer or employee in the service of a
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21 | qualified local government, including persons appointed as | ||||||
22 | trustees of
sanitary districts regardless of hours devoted to | ||||||
23 | the service of the
sanitary district, and each employee in the | ||||||
24 | service of a qualified
rehabilitation facility and each | ||||||
25 | full-time employee in the service of a
qualified domestic | ||||||
26 | violence shelter or service, as determined according to
rules | ||||||
27 | promulgated by the Director.
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28 | (l) "Member" means an employee, annuitant, retired | ||||||
29 | employee or survivor.
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30 | (m) "Optional coverages or benefits" means those coverages | ||||||
31 | or
benefits available to the member on his or her voluntary | ||||||
32 | election, and at
his or her own expense.
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33 | (n) "Program" means the group life insurance, health | ||||||
34 | benefits and other
employee benefits designed and contracted | ||||||
35 | for by the Director under this Act.
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36 | (o) "Health plan" means a health benefits
program offered
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1 | by the State of Illinois for persons eligible for the plan.
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2 | (p) "Retired employee" means any person who would be an | ||||||
3 | annuitant as
that term is defined herein but for the fact that | ||||||
4 | such person retired prior to
January 1, 1966. Such term also | ||||||
5 | includes any person formerly employed by
the University of | ||||||
6 | Illinois in the Cooperative Extension Service who would
be an | ||||||
7 | annuitant but for the fact that such person was made ineligible | ||||||
8 | to
participate in the State Universities Retirement System by | ||||||
9 | clause (4) of
subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the Illinois
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10 | Pension Code.
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11 | (q) "Survivor" means a person receiving an annuity as a | ||||||
12 | survivor of an
employee or of an annuitant. "Survivor" also | ||||||
13 | includes: (1) the surviving
dependent of a person who satisfies | ||||||
14 | the definition of "employee" except that
such person is made | ||||||
15 | ineligible to participate in the State Universities
Retirement | ||||||
16 | System by clause (4) of subsection (a)
of Section 15-107 of the | ||||||
17 | Illinois Pension Code; and (2) the surviving
dependent of any | ||||||
18 | person formerly employed by the University of Illinois in
the | ||||||
19 | Cooperative Extension Service who would be an annuitant except | ||||||
20 | for the
fact that such person was made ineligible to | ||||||
21 | participate in the State
Universities Retirement System by | ||||||
22 | clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section
15-107 of the Illinois | ||||||
23 | Pension Code.
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24 | (q-5) "New SERS survivor" means a survivor, as defined in | ||||||
25 | subsection (q),
whose annuity is paid under Article 14 of the | ||||||
26 | Illinois Pension Code and is
based on the death of (i) an | ||||||
27 | employee whose death occurs on or after January 1,
1998, or | ||||||
28 | (ii) a new SERS annuitant as defined in subsection (b-5).
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29 | (q-6) "New SURS survivor" means a survivor, as defined in | ||||||
30 | subsection (q),
whose annuity is paid under Article 15 of the | ||||||
31 | Illinois Pension Code and is
based on the death of (i) an | ||||||
32 | employee whose death occurs on or after January 1,
1998, or | ||||||
33 | (ii) a new SURS annuitant as defined in subsection (b-6).
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34 | (q-7) "New TRS State survivor" means a survivor, as defined | ||||||
35 | in subsection
(q), whose annuity is paid under Article 16 of | ||||||
36 | the Illinois Pension Code and is
based on the death of (i) an |
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1 | employee who is a teacher as defined in paragraph
(2), (3), or | ||||||
2 | (5) of Section 16-106 of that Code and whose death occurs on or
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3 | after July 1, 1998, or (ii) a new TRS State annuitant as | ||||||
4 | defined in subsection
(b-7).
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5 | (r) "Medical services" means the services provided within | ||||||
6 | the scope
of their licenses by practitioners in all categories | ||||||
7 | licensed under the
Medical Practice Act of 1987.
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8 | (s) "Unit of local government" means any county, | ||||||
9 | municipality,
township, school district (including a | ||||||
10 | combination of school districts under
the Intergovernmental | ||||||
11 | Cooperation Act), special district or other unit,
designated as | ||||||
12 | a
unit of local government by law, which exercises limited | ||||||
13 | governmental
powers or powers in respect to limited | ||||||
14 | governmental subjects, any
not-for-profit association with a | ||||||
15 | membership that primarily includes
townships and township | ||||||
16 | officials, that has duties that include provision of
research | ||||||
17 | service, dissemination of information, and other acts for the
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18 | purpose of improving township government, and that is funded | ||||||
19 | wholly or
partly in accordance with Section 85-15 of the | ||||||
20 | Township Code; any
not-for-profit corporation or association, | ||||||
21 | with a membership consisting
primarily of municipalities, that | ||||||
22 | operates its own utility system, and
provides research, | ||||||
23 | training, dissemination of information, or other acts to
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24 | promote cooperation between and among municipalities that | ||||||
25 | provide utility
services and for the advancement of the goals | ||||||
26 | and purposes of its
membership;
the Southern Illinois | ||||||
27 | Collegiate Common Market, which is a consortium of higher
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28 | education institutions in Southern Illinois; and the Illinois | ||||||
29 | Association of
Park Districts ; and any hospital provider that | ||||||
30 | is a county and that has 100 or fewer hospital beds . "Qualified
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31 | local government" means a unit of local government approved by | ||||||
32 | the Director and
participating in a program created under | ||||||
33 | subsection (i) of Section 10 of this
Act.
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34 | (t) "Qualified rehabilitation facility" means any | ||||||
35 | not-for-profit
organization that is accredited by the | ||||||
36 | Commission on Accreditation of
Rehabilitation Facilities or |
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1 | certified by the Department
of Human Services (as successor to | ||||||
2 | the Department of Mental Health
and Developmental | ||||||
3 | Disabilities) to provide services to persons with
disabilities
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4 | and which receives funds from the State of Illinois for | ||||||
5 | providing those
services, approved by the Director and | ||||||
6 | participating in a program created
under subsection (j) of | ||||||
7 | Section 10 of this Act.
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8 | (u) "Qualified domestic violence shelter or service" means | ||||||
9 | any Illinois
domestic violence shelter or service and its | ||||||
10 | administrative offices funded
by the Department of Human | ||||||
11 | Services (as successor to the Illinois Department of
Public | ||||||
12 | Aid),
approved by the Director and
participating in a program | ||||||
13 | created under subsection (k) of Section 10.
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14 | (v) "TRS benefit recipient" means a person who:
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15 | (1) is not a "member" as defined in this Section; and
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16 | (2) is receiving a monthly benefit or retirement | ||||||
17 | annuity
under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code; and
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18 | (3) either (i) has at least 8 years of creditable | ||||||
19 | service under Article
16 of the Illinois Pension Code, or | ||||||
20 | (ii) was enrolled in the health insurance
program offered | ||||||
21 | under that Article on January 1, 1996, or (iii) is the | ||||||
22 | survivor
of a benefit recipient who had at least 8
years of | ||||||
23 | creditable service under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension | ||||||
24 | Code or
was enrolled in the health insurance program | ||||||
25 | offered under that Article on
the effective date of this | ||||||
26 | amendatory Act of 1995, or (iv) is a recipient or
survivor | ||||||
27 | of a recipient of a disability benefit under Article 16 of | ||||||
28 | the
Illinois Pension Code.
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29 | (w) "TRS dependent beneficiary" means a person who:
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30 | (1) is not a "member" or "dependent" as defined in this | ||||||
31 | Section; and
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32 | (2) is a TRS benefit recipient's: (A) spouse, (B) | ||||||
33 | dependent parent who
is receiving at least half of his or | ||||||
34 | her support from the TRS benefit
recipient, or (C) | ||||||
35 | unmarried natural or adopted child who is (i) under age
19, | ||||||
36 | or (ii) enrolled as a full-time student in
an accredited |
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1 | school, financially dependent upon the TRS benefit | ||||||
2 | recipient,
eligible to be claimed as a dependent for income | ||||||
3 | tax
purposes, and
either is under age 24 or was, on January | ||||||
4 | 1, 1996, participating as a dependent
beneficiary in the | ||||||
5 | health insurance program offered under Article 16 of the
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6 | Illinois Pension Code, or (iii) age 19 or over who is | ||||||
7 | mentally or physically
handicapped.
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8 | (x) "Military leave with pay and benefits" refers to | ||||||
9 | individuals in basic
training for reserves, special/advanced | ||||||
10 | training, annual training, emergency
call up, or activation by | ||||||
11 | the President of the United States with approved pay
and | ||||||
12 | benefits.
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13 | (y) "Military leave without pay and benefits" refers to
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14 | individuals who enlist for active duty in a regular component | ||||||
15 | of the U.S. Armed
Forces or other duty not specified or | ||||||
16 | authorized under military leave with pay
and benefits.
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17 | (z) "Community college benefit recipient" means a person | ||||||
18 | who:
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19 | (1) is not a "member" as defined in this Section; and
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20 | (2) is receiving a monthly survivor's annuity or | ||||||
21 | retirement annuity
under Article 15 of the Illinois Pension | ||||||
22 | Code; and
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23 | (3) either (i) was a full-time employee of a community | ||||||
24 | college district or
an association of community college | ||||||
25 | boards created under the Public Community
College Act | ||||||
26 | (other than an employee whose last employer under Article | ||||||
27 | 15 of the
Illinois Pension Code was a community college | ||||||
28 | district subject to Article VII
of the Public Community | ||||||
29 | College Act) and was eligible to participate in a group
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30 | health benefit plan as an employee during the time of | ||||||
31 | employment with a
community college district (other than a | ||||||
32 | community college district subject to
Article VII of the | ||||||
33 | Public Community College Act) or an association of | ||||||
34 | community
college boards, or (ii) is the survivor of a | ||||||
35 | person described in item (i).
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36 | (aa) "Community college dependent beneficiary" means a |
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1 | person who:
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2 | (1) is not a "member" or "dependent" as defined in this | ||||||
3 | Section; and
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4 | (2) is a community college benefit recipient's: (A) | ||||||
5 | spouse, (B) dependent
parent who is receiving at least half | ||||||
6 | of his or her support from the community
college benefit | ||||||
7 | recipient, or (C) unmarried natural or adopted child who is | ||||||
8 | (i)
under age 19, or (ii) enrolled as a full-time student | ||||||
9 | in an accredited school,
financially dependent upon the | ||||||
10 | community college benefit recipient, eligible
to be | ||||||
11 | claimed as a dependent for income tax purposes and under | ||||||
12 | age 23, or (iii)
age 19 or over and mentally or physically | ||||||
13 | handicapped.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-186, eff. 1-1-02; 92-204, | ||||||
15 | eff. 8-1-01;
92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
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