Rep. Deborah L. Graham
Filed: 4/17/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 415
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 415 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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 |
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1 | administration executed with the Department.
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2 | (b) "Annuitant" means (1) an employee who retires, or has | ||||||
3 | retired,
on or after January 1, 1966 on an immediate annuity | ||||||
4 | under the provisions
of Articles 2, 14 (including an employee | ||||||
5 | who has elected to receive an alternative retirement | ||||||
6 | cancellation payment under Section 14-108.5 of the Illinois | ||||||
7 | Pension Code in lieu of an annuity), 15 (including an employee | ||||||
8 | who has retired under the optional
retirement program | ||||||
9 | established under Section 15-158.2),
paragraphs (2), (3), or | ||||||
10 | (5) of Section 16-106, or
Article 18 of the Illinois Pension | ||||||
11 | Code; (2) any person who was receiving
group insurance coverage | ||||||
12 | under this Act as of March 31, 1978 by
reason of his status as | ||||||
13 | an annuitant, even though the annuity in relation
to which such | ||||||
14 | coverage was provided is a proportional annuity based on less
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15 | than the minimum period of service required for a retirement | ||||||
16 | annuity in
the system involved; (3) any person not otherwise | ||||||
17 | covered by this Act
who has retired as a participating member | ||||||
18 | under Article 2 of the Illinois
Pension Code but is ineligible | ||||||
19 | for the retirement annuity under Section
2-119 of the Illinois | ||||||
20 | Pension Code; (4) the spouse of any person who
is receiving a | ||||||
21 | retirement annuity under Article 18 of the Illinois Pension
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22 | Code and who is covered under a group health insurance program | ||||||
23 | sponsored
by a governmental employer other than the State of | ||||||
24 | Illinois and who has
irrevocably elected to waive his or her | ||||||
25 | coverage under this Act and to have
his or her spouse | ||||||
26 | considered as the "annuitant" under this Act and not as
a |
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1 | "dependent"; or (5) an employee who retires, or has retired, | ||||||
2 | from a
qualified position, as determined according to rules | ||||||
3 | promulgated by the
Director, under a qualified local | ||||||
4 | government, a qualified rehabilitation
facility, a qualified | ||||||
5 | domestic violence shelter or service, or a qualified child | ||||||
6 | advocacy center. (For definition
of "retired employee", see (p) | ||||||
7 | post).
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8 | (b-5) "New SERS annuitant" means a person who, on or after | ||||||
9 | January 1,
1998, becomes an annuitant, as defined in subsection | ||||||
10 | (b), by virtue of
beginning to receive a retirement annuity | ||||||
11 | under Article 14 of the Illinois
Pension Code (including an | ||||||
12 | employee who has elected to receive an alternative retirement | ||||||
13 | cancellation payment under Section 14-108.5 of that Code in | ||||||
14 | lieu of an annuity), and is eligible to participate in the | ||||||
15 | basic program of group
health benefits provided for annuitants | ||||||
16 | under this Act.
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17 | (b-6) "New SURS annuitant" means a person who (1) on or | ||||||
18 | after January 1,
1998, becomes an annuitant, as defined in | ||||||
19 | subsection (b), by virtue of
beginning to receive a retirement | ||||||
20 | annuity under Article 15 of the Illinois
Pension Code, (2) has | ||||||
21 | not made the election authorized under Section 15-135.1
of the | ||||||
22 | Illinois Pension Code, and (3) is eligible to participate in | ||||||
23 | the basic
program of group
health benefits provided for | ||||||
24 | annuitants under this Act.
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25 | (b-7) "New TRS State annuitant" means a person who, on or | ||||||
26 | after July
1, 1998, becomes an annuitant, as defined in |
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1 | subsection (b), by virtue of
beginning to receive a retirement | ||||||
2 | annuity under Article 16 of the Illinois
Pension Code based on | ||||||
3 | service as a teacher as defined in
paragraph (2), (3), or (5) | ||||||
4 | of Section 16-106 of that Code, and is eligible
to participate | ||||||
5 | in the basic program of group health benefits provided for
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6 | annuitants under this Act.
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7 | (c) "Carrier" means (1) an insurance company, a corporation | ||||||
8 | organized
under the Limited Health Service Organization Act or | ||||||
9 | the Voluntary Health
Services Plan Act, a partnership, or other | ||||||
10 | nongovernmental organization,
which is authorized to do group | ||||||
11 | life or group health insurance business in
Illinois, or (2) the | ||||||
12 | State of Illinois as a self-insurer.
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13 | (d) "Compensation" means salary or wages payable on a | ||||||
14 | regular
payroll by the State Treasurer on a warrant of the | ||||||
15 | State Comptroller out
of any State, trust or federal fund, or | ||||||
16 | by the Governor of the State
through a disbursing officer of | ||||||
17 | the State out of a trust or out of
federal funds, or by any | ||||||
18 | Department out of State, trust, federal or
other funds held by | ||||||
19 | the State Treasurer or the Department, to any person
for | ||||||
20 | personal services currently performed, and ordinary or | ||||||
21 | accidental
disability benefits under Articles 2, 14, 15 | ||||||
22 | (including ordinary or accidental
disability benefits under | ||||||
23 | the optional retirement program established under
Section | ||||||
24 | 15-158.2), paragraphs (2), (3), or (5) of
Section 16-106, or | ||||||
25 | Article 18 of the Illinois Pension Code, for disability
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26 | incurred after January 1, 1966, or benefits payable under the |
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1 | Workers'
Compensation or Occupational Diseases Act or benefits | ||||||
2 | payable under a sick
pay plan established in accordance with | ||||||
3 | Section 36 of the State Finance Act.
"Compensation" also means | ||||||
4 | salary or wages paid to an employee of any
qualified local | ||||||
5 | government, qualified rehabilitation facility,
qualified | ||||||
6 | domestic violence shelter or service, or qualified child | ||||||
7 | advocacy center.
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8 | (e) "Commission" means the State Employees Group Insurance | ||||||
9 | Advisory
Commission authorized by this Act. Commencing July 1, | ||||||
10 | 1984, "Commission"
as used in this Act means the Commission on | ||||||
11 | Government Forecasting and Accountability as
established by | ||||||
12 | the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984.
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13 | (f) "Contributory", when referred to as contributory | ||||||
14 | coverage, shall
mean optional coverages or benefits elected by | ||||||
15 | the member toward the cost of
which such member makes | ||||||
16 | contribution, or which are funded in whole or in part
through | ||||||
17 | the acceptance of a reduction in earnings or the foregoing of | ||||||
18 | an
increase in earnings by an employee, as distinguished from | ||||||
19 | noncontributory
coverage or benefits which are paid entirely by | ||||||
20 | the State of Illinois
without reduction of the member's salary.
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21 | (g) "Department" means any department, institution, board,
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22 | commission, officer, court or any agency of the State | ||||||
23 | government
receiving appropriations and having power to | ||||||
24 | certify payrolls to the
Comptroller authorizing payments of | ||||||
25 | salary and wages against such
appropriations as are made by the | ||||||
26 | General Assembly from any State fund, or
against trust funds |
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1 | held by the State Treasurer and includes boards of
trustees of | ||||||
2 | the retirement systems created by Articles 2, 14, 15, 16 and
18 | ||||||
3 | of the Illinois Pension Code. "Department" also includes the | ||||||
4 | Illinois
Comprehensive Health Insurance Board, the Board of | ||||||
5 | Examiners established under
the Illinois Public Accounting | ||||||
6 | Act, and the Illinois Finance Authority.
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7 | (h) "Dependent", when the term is used in the context of | ||||||
8 | the health
and life plan, means a member's spouse and any | ||||||
9 | unmarried child (1) from
birth to age 24,
19 including an | ||||||
10 | adopted child, a child who lives with the
member from the time | ||||||
11 | of the filing of a petition for adoption until entry
of an | ||||||
12 | order of adoption, a stepchild or recognized child who lives | ||||||
13 | with the
member in a parent-child relationship, or a child who | ||||||
14 | lives with the member
if such member is a court appointed | ||||||
15 | guardian of the child, or (2)
age 19 to 23 enrolled as a | ||||||
16 | full-time student in any accredited school,
financially | ||||||
17 | dependent upon the member, and eligible to be claimed as a
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18 | dependent for income tax purposes, or (3) age 19 or over who is | ||||||
19 | mentally
or physically handicapped. For the purposes of item | ||||||
20 | (2), an unmarried child age 19 to 23 who is a member of the | ||||||
21 | United States Armed Services, including the Illinois National | ||||||
22 | Guard, and is mobilized to active duty shall qualify as a | ||||||
23 | dependent beyond the age of 23 and until the age of 25 and | ||||||
24 | while a full-time student for the amount of time spent on | ||||||
25 | active duty between the ages of 19 and 23. The individual | ||||||
26 | attempting to qualify for this additional time must submit |
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1 | written documentation of active duty service to the Director. | ||||||
2 | The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 94th General | ||||||
3 | Assembly apply only to individuals mobilized to active duty in | ||||||
4 | the United States Armed Services, including the Illinois | ||||||
5 | National Guard, on or after January 1, 2002. For
the health | ||||||
6 | plan only, the term "dependent" also includes any person
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7 | enrolled prior to the effective date of this Section who is | ||||||
8 | dependent upon
the member to the extent that the member may | ||||||
9 | claim such person as a
dependent for income tax deduction | ||||||
10 | purposes; no other such
person may be enrolled.
For the health | ||||||
11 | plan only, the term "dependent" also includes any person who
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12 | has received after June 30, 2000 an organ transplant and who is | ||||||
13 | financially
dependent upon the member and eligible to be | ||||||
14 | claimed as a dependent for income
tax purposes.
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15 | (i) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois | ||||||
16 | Department of Central
Management Services.
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17 | (j) "Eligibility period" means the period of time a member | ||||||
18 | has to
elect enrollment in programs or to select benefits | ||||||
19 | without regard to
age, sex or health.
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20 | (k) "Employee" means and includes each officer or employee | ||||||
21 | in the
service of a department who (1) receives his | ||||||
22 | compensation for
service rendered to the department on a | ||||||
23 | warrant issued pursuant to a payroll
certified by a department | ||||||
24 | or on a warrant or check issued and drawn by a
department upon | ||||||
25 | a trust, federal or other fund or on a warrant issued
pursuant | ||||||
26 | to a payroll certified by an elected or duly appointed officer
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1 | of the State or who receives payment of the performance of | ||||||
2 | personal
services on a warrant issued pursuant to a payroll | ||||||
3 | certified by a
Department and drawn by the Comptroller upon the | ||||||
4 | State Treasurer against
appropriations made by the General | ||||||
5 | Assembly from any fund or against
trust funds held by the State | ||||||
6 | Treasurer, and (2) is employed full-time or
part-time in a | ||||||
7 | position normally requiring actual performance of duty
during | ||||||
8 | not less than 1/2 of a normal work period, as established by | ||||||
9 | the
Director in cooperation with each department, except that | ||||||
10 | persons elected
by popular vote will be considered employees | ||||||
11 | during the entire
term for which they are elected regardless of | ||||||
12 | hours devoted to the
service of the State, and (3) except that | ||||||
13 | "employee" does not include any
person who is not eligible by | ||||||
14 | reason of such person's employment to
participate in one of the | ||||||
15 | State retirement systems under Articles 2, 14, 15
(either the | ||||||
16 | regular Article 15 system or the optional retirement program
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17 | established under Section 15-158.2) or 18, or under paragraph | ||||||
18 | (2), (3), or
(5) of Section 16-106, of the Illinois
Pension | ||||||
19 | Code, but such term does include persons who are employed | ||||||
20 | during
the 6 month qualifying period under Article 14 of the | ||||||
21 | Illinois Pension
Code. Such term also includes any person who | ||||||
22 | (1) after January 1, 1966,
is receiving ordinary or accidental | ||||||
23 | disability benefits under Articles
2, 14, 15 (including | ||||||
24 | ordinary or accidental disability benefits under the
optional | ||||||
25 | retirement program established under Section 15-158.2), | ||||||
26 | paragraphs
(2), (3), or (5) of Section 16-106, or Article 18 of |
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1 | the
Illinois Pension Code, for disability incurred after | ||||||
2 | January 1, 1966, (2)
receives total permanent or total | ||||||
3 | temporary disability under the Workers'
Compensation Act or | ||||||
4 | Occupational Disease Act as a result of injuries
sustained or | ||||||
5 | illness contracted in the course of employment with the
State | ||||||
6 | of Illinois, or (3) is not otherwise covered under this Act and | ||||||
7 | has
retired as a participating member under Article 2 of the | ||||||
8 | Illinois Pension
Code but is ineligible for the retirement | ||||||
9 | annuity under Section 2-119 of
the Illinois Pension Code. | ||||||
10 | However, a person who satisfies the criteria
of the foregoing | ||||||
11 | definition of "employee" except that such person is made
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12 | ineligible to participate in the State Universities Retirement | ||||||
13 | System by
clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the | ||||||
14 | Illinois Pension
Code is also an "employee" for the purposes of | ||||||
15 | this Act. "Employee" also
includes any person receiving or | ||||||
16 | eligible for benefits under a sick pay
plan established in | ||||||
17 | accordance with Section 36 of the State Finance Act.
"Employee" | ||||||
18 | also includes (i) each officer or employee in the service of a
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19 | qualified local government, including persons appointed as | ||||||
20 | trustees of
sanitary districts regardless of hours devoted to | ||||||
21 | the service of the
sanitary district, (ii) each employee in the | ||||||
22 | service of a qualified
rehabilitation facility, (iii) each | ||||||
23 | full-time employee in the service of a
qualified domestic | ||||||
24 | violence shelter or service, and (iv) each full-time employee | ||||||
25 | in the service of a qualified child advocacy center, as | ||||||
26 | determined according to
rules promulgated by the Director.
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1 | (l) "Member" means an employee, annuitant, retired | ||||||
2 | employee or survivor.
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3 | (m) "Optional coverages or benefits" means those coverages | ||||||
4 | or
benefits available to the member on his or her voluntary | ||||||
5 | election, and at
his or her own expense.
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6 | (n) "Program" means the group life insurance, health | ||||||
7 | benefits and other
employee benefits designed and contracted | ||||||
8 | for by the Director under this Act.
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9 | (o) "Health plan" means a health benefits
program offered
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10 | by the State of Illinois for persons eligible for the plan.
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11 | (p) "Retired employee" means any person who would be an | ||||||
12 | annuitant as
that term is defined herein but for the fact that | ||||||
13 | such person retired prior to
January 1, 1966. Such term also | ||||||
14 | includes any person formerly employed by
the University of | ||||||
15 | Illinois in the Cooperative Extension Service who would
be an | ||||||
16 | annuitant but for the fact that such person was made ineligible | ||||||
17 | to
participate in the State Universities Retirement System by | ||||||
18 | clause (4) of
subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the Illinois
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19 | Pension Code.
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20 | (q) "Survivor" means a person receiving an annuity as a | ||||||
21 | survivor of an
employee or of an annuitant. "Survivor" also | ||||||
22 | includes: (1) the surviving
dependent of a person who satisfies | ||||||
23 | the definition of "employee" except that
such person is made | ||||||
24 | ineligible to participate in the State Universities
Retirement | ||||||
25 | System by clause (4) of subsection (a)
of Section 15-107 of the | ||||||
26 | Illinois Pension Code; (2) the surviving
dependent of any |
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1 | person formerly employed by the University of Illinois in
the | ||||||
2 | Cooperative Extension Service who would be an annuitant except | ||||||
3 | for the
fact that such person was made ineligible to | ||||||
4 | participate in the State
Universities Retirement System by | ||||||
5 | clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section
15-107 of the Illinois | ||||||
6 | Pension Code; and (3) the surviving dependent of a person who | ||||||
7 | was an annuitant under this Act by virtue of receiving an | ||||||
8 | alternative retirement cancellation payment under Section | ||||||
9 | 14-108.5 of the Illinois Pension Code.
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10 | (q-2) "SERS" means the State Employees' Retirement System | ||||||
11 | of Illinois, created under Article 14 of the Illinois Pension | ||||||
12 | Code.
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13 | (q-3) "SURS" means the State Universities Retirement | ||||||
14 | System, created under Article 15 of the Illinois Pension Code.
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15 | (q-4) "TRS" means the Teachers' Retirement System of the | ||||||
16 | State of Illinois, created under Article 16 of the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Pension Code.
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18 | (q-5) "New SERS survivor" means a survivor, as defined in | ||||||
19 | subsection (q),
whose annuity is paid under Article 14 of the | ||||||
20 | Illinois Pension Code and is
based on the death of (i) an | ||||||
21 | employee whose death occurs on or after January 1,
1998, or | ||||||
22 | (ii) a new SERS annuitant as defined in subsection (b-5). "New | ||||||
23 | SERS survivor" includes the surviving dependent of a person who | ||||||
24 | was an annuitant under this Act by virtue of receiving an | ||||||
25 | alternative retirement cancellation payment under Section | ||||||
26 | 14-108.5 of the Illinois Pension Code.
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1 | (q-6) "New SURS survivor" means a survivor, as defined in | ||||||
2 | subsection (q),
whose annuity is paid under Article 15 of the | ||||||
3 | Illinois Pension Code and is
based on the death of (i) an | ||||||
4 | employee whose death occurs on or after January 1,
1998, or | ||||||
5 | (ii) a new SURS annuitant as defined in subsection (b-6).
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6 | (q-7) "New TRS State survivor" means a survivor, as defined | ||||||
7 | in subsection
(q), whose annuity is paid under Article 16 of | ||||||
8 | the Illinois Pension Code and is
based on the death of (i) an | ||||||
9 | employee who is a teacher as defined in paragraph
(2), (3), or | ||||||
10 | (5) of Section 16-106 of that Code and whose death occurs on or
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11 | after July 1, 1998, or (ii) a new TRS State annuitant as | ||||||
12 | defined in subsection
(b-7).
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13 | (r) "Medical services" means the services provided within | ||||||
14 | the scope
of their licenses by practitioners in all categories | ||||||
15 | licensed under the
Medical Practice Act of 1987.
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16 | (s) "Unit of local government" means any county, | ||||||
17 | municipality,
township, school district (including a | ||||||
18 | combination of school districts under
the Intergovernmental | ||||||
19 | Cooperation Act), special district or other unit,
designated as | ||||||
20 | a
unit of local government by law, which exercises limited | ||||||
21 | governmental
powers or powers in respect to limited | ||||||
22 | governmental subjects, any
not-for-profit association with a | ||||||
23 | membership that primarily includes
townships and township | ||||||
24 | officials, that has duties that include provision of
research | ||||||
25 | service, dissemination of information, and other acts for the
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26 | purpose of improving township government, and that is funded |
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1 | wholly or
partly in accordance with Section 85-15 of the | ||||||
2 | Township Code; any
not-for-profit corporation or association, | ||||||
3 | with a membership consisting
primarily of municipalities, that | ||||||
4 | operates its own utility system, and
provides research, | ||||||
5 | training, dissemination of information, or other acts to
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6 | promote cooperation between and among municipalities that | ||||||
7 | provide utility
services and for the advancement of the goals | ||||||
8 | and purposes of its
membership;
the Southern Illinois | ||||||
9 | Collegiate Common Market, which is a consortium of higher
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10 | education institutions in Southern Illinois; the Illinois | ||||||
11 | Association of
Park Districts; and any hospital provider that | ||||||
12 | is owned by a county that has 100 or fewer hospital beds and | ||||||
13 | has not already joined the program. "Qualified
local | ||||||
14 | government" means a unit of local government approved by the | ||||||
15 | Director and
participating in a program created under | ||||||
16 | subsection (i) of Section 10 of this
Act.
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17 | (t) "Qualified rehabilitation facility" means any | ||||||
18 | not-for-profit
organization that is accredited by the | ||||||
19 | Commission on Accreditation of
Rehabilitation Facilities or | ||||||
20 | certified by the Department
of Human Services (as successor to | ||||||
21 | the Department of Mental Health
and Developmental | ||||||
22 | Disabilities) to provide services to persons with
disabilities
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23 | and which receives funds from the State of Illinois for | ||||||
24 | providing those
services, approved by the Director and | ||||||
25 | participating in a program created
under subsection (j) of | ||||||
26 | Section 10 of this Act.
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1 | (u) "Qualified domestic violence shelter or service" means | ||||||
2 | any Illinois
domestic violence shelter or service and its | ||||||
3 | administrative offices funded
by the Department of Human | ||||||
4 | Services (as successor to the Illinois Department of
Public | ||||||
5 | Aid),
approved by the Director and
participating in a program | ||||||
6 | created under subsection (k) of Section 10.
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7 | (v) "TRS benefit recipient" means a person who:
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8 | (1) is not a "member" as defined in this Section; and
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9 | (2) is receiving a monthly benefit or retirement | ||||||
10 | annuity
under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code; and
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11 | (3) either (i) has at least 8 years of creditable | ||||||
12 | service under Article
16 of the Illinois Pension Code, or | ||||||
13 | (ii) was enrolled in the health insurance
program offered | ||||||
14 | under that Article on January 1, 1996, or (iii) is the | ||||||
15 | survivor
of a benefit recipient who had at least 8
years of | ||||||
16 | creditable service under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension | ||||||
17 | Code or
was enrolled in the health insurance program | ||||||
18 | offered under that Article on
the effective date of this | ||||||
19 | amendatory Act of 1995, or (iv) is a recipient or
survivor | ||||||
20 | of a recipient of a disability benefit under Article 16 of | ||||||
21 | the
Illinois Pension Code.
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22 | (w) "TRS dependent beneficiary" means a person who:
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23 | (1) is not a "member" or "dependent" as defined in this | ||||||
24 | Section; and
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25 | (2) is a TRS benefit recipient's: (A) spouse, (B) | ||||||
26 | dependent parent who
is receiving at least half of his or |
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1 | her support from the TRS benefit
recipient, or (C) | ||||||
2 | unmarried natural or adopted child who is (i) under age
19, | ||||||
3 | or (ii) enrolled as a full-time student in
an accredited | ||||||
4 | school, financially dependent upon the TRS benefit | ||||||
5 | recipient,
eligible to be claimed as a dependent for income | ||||||
6 | tax
purposes, and
either is under age 24 or was, on January | ||||||
7 | 1, 1996, participating as a dependent
beneficiary in the | ||||||
8 | health insurance program offered under Article 16 of the
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9 | Illinois Pension Code, or (iii) age 19 or over who is | ||||||
10 | mentally or physically
handicapped.
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11 | (x) "Military leave with pay and benefits" refers to | ||||||
12 | individuals in basic
training for reserves, special/advanced | ||||||
13 | training, annual training, emergency
call up, or activation by | ||||||
14 | the President of the United States with approved pay
and | ||||||
15 | benefits.
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16 | (y) "Military leave without pay and benefits" refers to
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17 | individuals who enlist for active duty in a regular component | ||||||
18 | of the U.S. Armed
Forces or other duty not specified or | ||||||
19 | authorized under military leave with pay
and benefits.
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20 | (z) "Community college benefit recipient" means a person | ||||||
21 | who:
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22 | (1) is not a "member" as defined in this Section; and
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23 | (2) is receiving a monthly survivor's annuity or | ||||||
24 | retirement annuity
under Article 15 of the Illinois Pension | ||||||
25 | Code; and
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26 | (3) either (i) was a full-time employee of a community |
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1 | college district or
an association of community college | ||||||
2 | boards created under the Public Community
College Act | ||||||
3 | (other than an employee whose last employer under Article | ||||||
4 | 15 of the
Illinois Pension Code was a community college | ||||||
5 | district subject to Article VII
of the Public Community | ||||||
6 | College Act) and was eligible to participate in a group
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7 | health benefit plan as an employee during the time of | ||||||
8 | employment with a
community college district (other than a | ||||||
9 | community college district subject to
Article VII of the | ||||||
10 | Public Community College Act) or an association of | ||||||
11 | community
college boards, or (ii) is the survivor of a | ||||||
12 | person described in item (i).
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13 | (aa) "Community college dependent beneficiary" means a | ||||||
14 | person who:
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15 | (1) is not a "member" or "dependent" as defined in this | ||||||
16 | Section; and
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17 | (2) is a community college benefit recipient's: (A) | ||||||
18 | spouse, (B) dependent
parent who is receiving at least half | ||||||
19 | of his or her support from the community
college benefit | ||||||
20 | recipient, or (C) unmarried natural or adopted child who is | ||||||
21 | (i)
under age 19, or (ii) enrolled as a full-time student | ||||||
22 | in an accredited school,
financially dependent upon the | ||||||
23 | community college benefit recipient, eligible
to be | ||||||
24 | claimed as a dependent for income tax purposes and under | ||||||
25 | age 23, or (iii)
age 19 or over and mentally or physically | ||||||
26 | handicapped.
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1 | (bb) "Qualified child advocacy center" means any Illinois | ||||||
2 | child advocacy center and its administrative offices funded by | ||||||
3 | the Department of Children and Family Services, as defined by | ||||||
4 | the Children's Advocacy Center Act (55 ILCS 80/), approved by | ||||||
5 | the Director and participating in a program created under | ||||||
6 | subsection (n) of Section 10.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04; 93-839, eff. 7-30-04; | ||||||
8 | 93-1067, eff. 1-15-05; 94-32, eff. 6-15-05; 94-82, eff. 1-1-06; | ||||||
9 | 94-860, eff. 6-16-06; revised 8-3-06.)".
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