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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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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 Sections 3, 6.9, and 6.10 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 (including an employee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | who has elected to receive an alternative retirement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | cancellation payment under Section 14-108.5 of the Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Pension Code in lieu of an annuity), 15 (including an employee |
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1 | who has retired under the optional
retirement program | ||||||
2 | established under Section 15-158.2),
paragraphs (2), (3), or | ||||||
3 | (5) of Section 16-106, or
Article 18 of the Illinois Pension | ||||||
4 | Code; (2) any person who was receiving
group insurance coverage | ||||||
5 | under this Act as of March 31, 1978 by
reason of his status as | ||||||
6 | an annuitant, even though the annuity in relation
to which such | ||||||
7 | coverage was provided is a proportional annuity based on less
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8 | than the minimum period of service required for a retirement | ||||||
9 | annuity in
the system involved; (3) any person not otherwise | ||||||
10 | covered by this Act
who has retired as a participating member | ||||||
11 | under Article 2 of the Illinois
Pension Code but is ineligible | ||||||
12 | for the retirement annuity under Section
2-119 of the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Pension Code; (4) the spouse of any person who
is receiving a | ||||||
14 | retirement annuity under Article 18 of the Illinois Pension
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15 | Code and who is covered under a group health insurance program | ||||||
16 | sponsored
by a governmental employer other than the State of | ||||||
17 | Illinois and who has
irrevocably elected to waive his or her | ||||||
18 | coverage under this Act and to have
his or her spouse | ||||||
19 | considered as the "annuitant" under this Act and not as
a | ||||||
20 | "dependent"; or (5) an employee who retires, or has retired, | ||||||
21 | from a
qualified position, as determined according to rules | ||||||
22 | promulgated by the
Director, under a qualified local | ||||||
23 | government, a qualified rehabilitation
facility, a qualified | ||||||
24 | domestic violence shelter or service, or a qualified child | ||||||
25 | advocacy center. (For definition
of "retired employee", see (p) | ||||||
26 | post).
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1 | (b-5) "New SERS annuitant" means a person who, on or after | ||||||
2 | January 1,
1998, becomes an annuitant, as defined in subsection | ||||||
3 | (b), by virtue of
beginning to receive a retirement annuity | ||||||
4 | under Article 14 of the Illinois
Pension Code (including an | ||||||
5 | employee who has elected to receive an alternative retirement | ||||||
6 | cancellation payment under Section 14-108.5 of that Code in | ||||||
7 | lieu of an annuity), and is eligible to participate in the | ||||||
8 | basic program of group
health benefits provided for annuitants | ||||||
9 | under this Act.
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10 | (b-6) "New SURS annuitant" means a person who (1) on or | ||||||
11 | after January 1,
1998, becomes an annuitant, as defined in | ||||||
12 | subsection (b), by virtue of
beginning to receive a retirement | ||||||
13 | annuity under Article 15 of the Illinois
Pension Code, (2) has | ||||||
14 | not made the election authorized under Section 15-135.1
of the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Pension Code, and (3) is eligible to participate in | ||||||
16 | the basic
program of group
health benefits provided for | ||||||
17 | annuitants under this Act.
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18 | (b-7) "New TRS State annuitant" means a person who, on or | ||||||
19 | after July
1, 1998, becomes an annuitant, as defined in | ||||||
20 | subsection (b), by virtue of
beginning to receive a retirement | ||||||
21 | annuity under Article 16 of the Illinois
Pension Code based on | ||||||
22 | service as a teacher as defined in
paragraph (2), (3), or (5) | ||||||
23 | of Section 16-106 of that Code, and is eligible
to participate | ||||||
24 | in the basic program of group health benefits provided for
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25 | annuitants under this Act.
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26 | (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, qualified rehabilitation facility,
qualified | ||||||
25 | domestic violence shelter or service, or qualified child | ||||||
26 | advocacy center.
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1 | (e) "Commission" means the State Employees Group Insurance | ||||||
2 | Advisory
Commission authorized by this Act. Commencing July 1, | ||||||
3 | 1984, "Commission"
as used in this Act means the Commission on | ||||||
4 | Government Forecasting and Accountability as
established by | ||||||
5 | the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984.
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6 | (f) "Contributory", when referred to as contributory | ||||||
7 | coverage, shall
mean optional coverages or benefits elected by | ||||||
8 | the member toward the cost of
which such member makes | ||||||
9 | contribution, or which are funded in whole or in part
through | ||||||
10 | the acceptance of a reduction in earnings or the foregoing of | ||||||
11 | an
increase in earnings by an employee, as distinguished from | ||||||
12 | noncontributory
coverage or benefits which are paid entirely by | ||||||
13 | the State of Illinois
without reduction of the member's salary.
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14 | (g) "Department" means any department, institution, board,
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15 | commission, officer, court or any agency of the State | ||||||
16 | government
receiving appropriations and having power to | ||||||
17 | certify payrolls to the
Comptroller authorizing payments of | ||||||
18 | salary and wages against such
appropriations as are made by the | ||||||
19 | General Assembly from any State fund, or
against trust funds | ||||||
20 | held by the State Treasurer and includes boards of
trustees of | ||||||
21 | the retirement systems created by Articles 2, 14, 15, 16 and
18 | ||||||
22 | of the Illinois Pension Code. "Department" also includes the | ||||||
23 | Illinois
Comprehensive Health Insurance Board, the Board of | ||||||
24 | Examiners established under
the Illinois Public Accounting | ||||||
25 | Act, and the Illinois Finance Authority.
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26 | (h) "Dependent", when the term is used in the context of |
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1 | the health
and life plan, means a member's spouse and any | ||||||
2 | unmarried child (1) from
birth to age 19 including an adopted | ||||||
3 | child, a child who lives with the
member from the time of the | ||||||
4 | filing of a petition for adoption until entry
of an order of | ||||||
5 | adoption, a stepchild or recognized child who lives with the
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6 | member in a parent-child relationship, or a child who lives | ||||||
7 | with the member
if such member is a court appointed guardian of | ||||||
8 | the child, or (2)
age 19 to 23 enrolled as a full-time student | ||||||
9 | in any accredited school,
financially dependent upon the | ||||||
10 | member, and eligible to be claimed as a
dependent for income | ||||||
11 | tax purposes, or (3) age 19 or over who is mentally
or | ||||||
12 | physically handicapped. For the purposes of item (2), an | ||||||
13 | unmarried child age 19 to 23 who is a member of the United | ||||||
14 | States Armed Services, including the Illinois National Guard, | ||||||
15 | and is mobilized to active duty shall qualify as a dependent | ||||||
16 | beyond the age of 23 and until the age of 25 and while a | ||||||
17 | full-time student for the amount of time spent on active duty | ||||||
18 | between the ages of 19 and 23. The individual attempting to | ||||||
19 | qualify for this additional time must submit written | ||||||
20 | documentation of active duty service to the Director. The | ||||||
21 | changes made by this amendatory Act of the 94th General | ||||||
22 | Assembly apply only to individuals mobilized to active duty in | ||||||
23 | the United States Armed Services, including the Illinois | ||||||
24 | National Guard, on or after January 1, 2002. For
the health | ||||||
25 | plan only, the term "dependent" also includes any person
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26 | enrolled prior to the effective date of this Section who is |
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1 | dependent upon
the member to the extent that the member may | ||||||
2 | claim such person as a
dependent for income tax deduction | ||||||
3 | purposes; no other such
person may be enrolled.
For the health | ||||||
4 | plan only, the term "dependent" also includes any person who
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5 | has received after June 30, 2000 an organ transplant and who is | ||||||
6 | financially
dependent upon the member and eligible to be | ||||||
7 | claimed as a dependent for income
tax purposes.
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8 | (i) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois | ||||||
9 | Department of Central
Management Services or of any successor | ||||||
10 | agency designated to administer this Act.
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11 | (j) "Eligibility period" means the period of time a member | ||||||
12 | has to
elect enrollment in programs or to select benefits | ||||||
13 | without regard to
age, sex or health.
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14 | (k) "Employee" means and includes each officer or employee | ||||||
15 | in the
service of a department who (1) receives his | ||||||
16 | compensation for
service rendered to the department on a | ||||||
17 | warrant issued pursuant to a payroll
certified by a department | ||||||
18 | or on a warrant or check issued and drawn by a
department upon | ||||||
19 | a trust, federal or other fund or on a warrant issued
pursuant | ||||||
20 | to a payroll certified by an elected or duly appointed officer
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21 | of the State or who receives payment of the performance of | ||||||
22 | personal
services on a warrant issued pursuant to a payroll | ||||||
23 | certified by a
Department and drawn by the Comptroller upon the | ||||||
24 | State Treasurer against
appropriations made by the General | ||||||
25 | Assembly from any fund or against
trust funds held by the State | ||||||
26 | Treasurer, and (2) is employed full-time or
part-time in a |
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1 | position normally requiring actual performance of duty
during | ||||||
2 | not less than 1/2 of a normal work period, as established by | ||||||
3 | the
Director in cooperation with each department, except that | ||||||
4 | persons elected
by popular vote will be considered employees | ||||||
5 | during the entire
term for which they are elected regardless of | ||||||
6 | hours devoted to the
service of the State, and (3) except that | ||||||
7 | "employee" does not include any
person who is not eligible by | ||||||
8 | reason of such person's employment to
participate in one of the | ||||||
9 | State retirement systems under Articles 2, 14, 15
(either the | ||||||
10 | regular Article 15 system or the optional retirement program
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11 | established under Section 15-158.2) or 18, or under paragraph | ||||||
12 | (2), (3), or
(5) of Section 16-106, of the Illinois
Pension | ||||||
13 | Code, but such term does include persons who are employed | ||||||
14 | during
the 6 month qualifying period under Article 14 of the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Pension
Code. Such term also includes any person who | ||||||
16 | (1) after January 1, 1966,
is receiving ordinary or accidental | ||||||
17 | disability benefits under Articles
2, 14, 15 (including | ||||||
18 | ordinary or accidental disability benefits under the
optional | ||||||
19 | retirement program established under Section 15-158.2), | ||||||
20 | paragraphs
(2), (3), or (5) of Section 16-106, or Article 18 of | ||||||
21 | the
Illinois Pension Code, for disability incurred after | ||||||
22 | January 1, 1966, (2)
receives total permanent or total | ||||||
23 | temporary disability under the Workers'
Compensation Act or | ||||||
24 | Occupational Disease Act as a result of injuries
sustained or | ||||||
25 | illness contracted in the course of employment with the
State | ||||||
26 | of Illinois, or (3) is not otherwise covered under this Act and |
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1 | has
retired as a participating member under Article 2 of the | ||||||
2 | Illinois Pension
Code but is ineligible for the retirement | ||||||
3 | annuity under Section 2-119 of
the Illinois Pension Code. | ||||||
4 | However, a person who satisfies the criteria
of the foregoing | ||||||
5 | definition of "employee" except that such person is made
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6 | ineligible to participate in the State Universities Retirement | ||||||
7 | System by
clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the | ||||||
8 | Illinois Pension
Code is also an "employee" for the purposes of | ||||||
9 | this Act. "Employee" also
includes any person receiving or | ||||||
10 | eligible for benefits under a sick pay
plan established in | ||||||
11 | accordance with Section 36 of the State Finance Act.
"Employee" | ||||||
12 | also includes (i) each officer or employee in the service of a
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13 | qualified local government, including persons appointed as | ||||||
14 | trustees of
sanitary districts regardless of hours devoted to | ||||||
15 | the service of the
sanitary district, (ii) each employee in the | ||||||
16 | service of a qualified
rehabilitation facility, (iii) each | ||||||
17 | full-time employee in the service of a
qualified domestic | ||||||
18 | violence shelter or service, and (iv) each full-time employee | ||||||
19 | in the service of a qualified child advocacy center, as | ||||||
20 | determined according to
rules promulgated by the Director.
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21 | (l) "Member" means an employee, annuitant, retired | ||||||
22 | employee or survivor.
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23 | (m) "Optional coverages or benefits" means those coverages | ||||||
24 | or
benefits available to the member on his or her voluntary | ||||||
25 | election, and at
his or her own expense.
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26 | (n) "Program" means the group life insurance, health |
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1 | benefits and other
employee benefits designed and contracted | ||||||
2 | for by the Director under this Act.
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3 | (o) "Health plan" means a health benefits
program offered
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4 | by the State of Illinois for persons eligible for the plan.
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5 | (p) "Retired employee" means any person who would be an | ||||||
6 | annuitant as
that term is defined herein but for the fact that | ||||||
7 | such person retired prior to
January 1, 1966. Such term also | ||||||
8 | includes any person formerly employed by
the University of | ||||||
9 | Illinois in the Cooperative Extension Service who would
be an | ||||||
10 | annuitant but for the fact that such person was made ineligible | ||||||
11 | to
participate in the State Universities Retirement System by | ||||||
12 | clause (4) of
subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the Illinois
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13 | Pension Code.
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14 | (q) "Survivor" means a person receiving an annuity as a | ||||||
15 | survivor of an
employee or of an annuitant. "Survivor" also | ||||||
16 | includes: (1) the surviving
dependent of a person who satisfies | ||||||
17 | the definition of "employee" except that
such person is made | ||||||
18 | ineligible to participate in the State Universities
Retirement | ||||||
19 | System by clause (4) of subsection (a)
of Section 15-107 of the | ||||||
20 | Illinois Pension Code; (2) the surviving
dependent of any | ||||||
21 | person formerly employed by the University of Illinois in
the | ||||||
22 | Cooperative Extension Service who would be an annuitant except | ||||||
23 | for the
fact that such person was made ineligible to | ||||||
24 | participate in the State
Universities Retirement System by | ||||||
25 | clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section
15-107 of the Illinois | ||||||
26 | Pension Code; and (3) the surviving dependent of a person who |
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1 | was an annuitant under this Act by virtue of receiving an | ||||||
2 | alternative retirement cancellation payment under Section | ||||||
3 | 14-108.5 of the Illinois Pension Code.
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4 | (q-2) "SERS" means the State Employees' Retirement System | ||||||
5 | of Illinois, created under Article 14 of the Illinois Pension | ||||||
6 | Code.
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7 | (q-3) "SURS" means the State Universities Retirement | ||||||
8 | System, created under Article 15 of the Illinois Pension Code.
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9 | (q-4) "TRS" means the Teachers' Retirement System of the | ||||||
10 | State of Illinois, created under Article 16 of the Illinois | ||||||
11 | Pension Code.
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12 | (q-5) "New SERS survivor" means a survivor, as defined in | ||||||
13 | subsection (q),
whose annuity is paid under Article 14 of the | ||||||
14 | Illinois Pension Code and is
based on the death of (i) an | ||||||
15 | employee whose death occurs on or after January 1,
1998, or | ||||||
16 | (ii) a new SERS annuitant as defined in subsection (b-5). "New | ||||||
17 | SERS survivor" includes the surviving dependent of a person who | ||||||
18 | was an annuitant under this Act by virtue of receiving an | ||||||
19 | alternative retirement cancellation payment under Section | ||||||
20 | 14-108.5 of the Illinois Pension Code.
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21 | (q-6) "New SURS survivor" means a survivor, as defined in | ||||||
22 | subsection (q),
whose annuity is paid under Article 15 of the | ||||||
23 | Illinois Pension Code and is
based on the death of (i) an | ||||||
24 | employee whose death occurs on or after January 1,
1998, or | ||||||
25 | (ii) a new SURS annuitant as defined in subsection (b-6).
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26 | (q-7) "New TRS State survivor" means a survivor, as defined |
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1 | in subsection
(q), whose annuity is paid under Article 16 of | ||||||
2 | the Illinois Pension Code and is
based on the death of (i) an | ||||||
3 | employee who is a teacher as defined in paragraph
(2), (3), or | ||||||
4 | (5) of Section 16-106 of that Code and whose death occurs on or
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5 | after July 1, 1998, or (ii) a new TRS State annuitant as | ||||||
6 | defined in subsection
(b-7).
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7 | (r) "Medical services" means the services provided within | ||||||
8 | the scope
of their licenses by practitioners in all categories | ||||||
9 | licensed under the
Medical Practice Act of 1987.
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10 | (s) "Unit of local government" means any county, | ||||||
11 | municipality,
township, school district (including a | ||||||
12 | combination of school districts under
the Intergovernmental | ||||||
13 | Cooperation Act), special district or other unit,
designated as | ||||||
14 | a
unit of local government by law, which exercises limited | ||||||
15 | governmental
powers or powers in respect to limited | ||||||
16 | governmental subjects, any
not-for-profit association with a | ||||||
17 | membership that primarily includes
townships and township | ||||||
18 | officials, that has duties that include provision of
research | ||||||
19 | service, dissemination of information, and other acts for the
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20 | purpose of improving township government, and that is funded | ||||||
21 | wholly or
partly in accordance with Section 85-15 of the | ||||||
22 | Township Code; any
not-for-profit corporation or association, | ||||||
23 | with a membership consisting
primarily of municipalities, that | ||||||
24 | operates its own utility system, and
provides research, | ||||||
25 | training, dissemination of information, or other acts to
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26 | promote cooperation between and among municipalities that |
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1 | provide utility
services and for the advancement of the goals | ||||||
2 | and purposes of its
membership;
the Southern Illinois | ||||||
3 | Collegiate Common Market, which is a consortium of higher
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4 | education institutions in Southern Illinois; the Illinois | ||||||
5 | Association of
Park Districts; and any hospital provider that | ||||||
6 | is owned by a county that has 100 or fewer hospital beds and | ||||||
7 | has not already joined the program. "Qualified
local | ||||||
8 | government" means a unit of local government approved by the | ||||||
9 | Director and
participating in a program created under | ||||||
10 | subsection (i) of Section 10 of this
Act.
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11 | (t) "Qualified rehabilitation facility" means any | ||||||
12 | not-for-profit
organization that is accredited by the | ||||||
13 | Commission on Accreditation of
Rehabilitation Facilities or | ||||||
14 | certified by the Department
of Human Services (as successor to | ||||||
15 | the Department of Mental Health
and Developmental | ||||||
16 | Disabilities) to provide services to persons with
disabilities
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17 | and which receives funds from the State of Illinois for | ||||||
18 | providing those
services, approved by the Director and | ||||||
19 | participating in a program created
under subsection (j) of | ||||||
20 | Section 10 of this Act.
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21 | (u) "Qualified domestic violence shelter or service" means | ||||||
22 | any Illinois
domestic violence shelter or service and its | ||||||
23 | administrative offices funded
by the Department of Human | ||||||
24 | Services (as successor to the Illinois Department of
Public | ||||||
25 | Aid),
approved by the Director and
participating in a program | ||||||
26 | created under subsection (k) of Section 10.
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1 | (v) "TRS benefit recipient" means a person who:
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2 | (1) is not a "member" as defined in this Section; and
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3 | (2) is receiving a monthly benefit or retirement | ||||||
4 | annuity
under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code; and
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5 | (3) either (i) has at least 8 years of creditable | ||||||
6 | service under Article
16 of the Illinois Pension Code, or | ||||||
7 | (ii) was enrolled in the health insurance
program offered | ||||||
8 | under that Article on January 1, 1996, or (iii) is the | ||||||
9 | survivor
of a benefit recipient who had at least 8
years of | ||||||
10 | creditable service under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension | ||||||
11 | Code or
was enrolled in the health insurance program | ||||||
12 | offered under that Article on
the effective date of this | ||||||
13 | amendatory Act of 1995, or (iv) is a recipient or
survivor | ||||||
14 | of a recipient of a disability benefit under Article 16 of | ||||||
15 | the
Illinois Pension Code.
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16 | (w) "TRS dependent beneficiary" means a person who:
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17 | (1) is not a "member" or "dependent" as defined in this | ||||||
18 | Section; and
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19 | (2) is a TRS benefit recipient's: (A) spouse, (B) | ||||||
20 | dependent parent who
is receiving at least half of his or | ||||||
21 | her support from the TRS benefit
recipient, or (C) | ||||||
22 | unmarried natural or adopted child who is (i) under age
19, | ||||||
23 | or (ii) enrolled as a full-time student in
an accredited | ||||||
24 | school, financially dependent upon the TRS benefit | ||||||
25 | recipient,
eligible to be claimed as a dependent for income | ||||||
26 | tax
purposes, and
either is under age 24 or was, on January |
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| |||||||
1 | 1, 1996, participating as a dependent
beneficiary in the | ||||||
2 | health insurance program offered under Article 16 of the
| ||||||
3 | Illinois Pension Code, or (iii) age 19 or over who is | ||||||
4 | mentally or physically
handicapped.
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5 | (x) "Military leave with pay and benefits" refers to | ||||||
6 | individuals in basic
training for reserves, special/advanced | ||||||
7 | training, annual training, emergency
call up, or activation by | ||||||
8 | the President of the United States with approved pay
and | ||||||
9 | benefits.
| ||||||
10 | (y) "Military leave without pay and benefits" refers to
| ||||||
11 | individuals who enlist for active duty in a regular component | ||||||
12 | of the U.S. Armed
Forces or other duty not specified or | ||||||
13 | authorized under military leave with pay
and benefits.
| ||||||
14 | (z) "Community college benefit recipient" means a person | ||||||
15 | who:
| ||||||
16 | (1) is not a "member" as defined in this Section; and
| ||||||
17 | (2) is receiving a monthly survivor's annuity or | ||||||
18 | retirement annuity
under Article 15 of the Illinois Pension | ||||||
19 | Code; and
| ||||||
20 | (3) either (i) was a full-time employee of a community | ||||||
21 | college district or
an association of community college | ||||||
22 | boards created under the Public Community
College Act | ||||||
23 | (other than an employee whose last employer under Article | ||||||
24 | 15 of the
Illinois Pension Code was a community college | ||||||
25 | district subject to Article VII
of the Public Community | ||||||
26 | College Act) and was eligible to participate in a group
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| |||||||
1 | health benefit plan as an employee during the time of | ||||||
2 | employment with a
community college district (other than a | ||||||
3 | community college district subject to
Article VII of the | ||||||
4 | Public Community College Act) or an association of | ||||||
5 | community
college boards, or (ii) is the survivor of a | ||||||
6 | person described in item (i).
| ||||||
7 | (aa) "Community college dependent beneficiary" means a | ||||||
8 | person who:
| ||||||
9 | (1) is not a "member" or "dependent" as defined in this | ||||||
10 | Section; and
| ||||||
11 | (2) is a community college benefit recipient's: (A) | ||||||
12 | spouse, (B) dependent
parent who is receiving at least half | ||||||
13 | of his or her support from the community
college benefit | ||||||
14 | recipient, or (C) unmarried natural or adopted child who is | ||||||
15 | (i)
under age 19, or (ii) enrolled as a full-time student | ||||||
16 | in an accredited school,
financially dependent upon the | ||||||
17 | community college benefit recipient, eligible
to be | ||||||
18 | claimed as a dependent for income tax purposes and under | ||||||
19 | age 23, or (iii)
age 19 or over and mentally or physically | ||||||
20 | handicapped.
| ||||||
21 | (bb) "Qualified child advocacy center" means any Illinois | ||||||
22 | child advocacy center and its administrative offices funded by | ||||||
23 | the Department of Children and Family Services, as defined by | ||||||
24 | the Children's Advocacy Center Act (55 ILCS 80/), approved by | ||||||
25 | the Director and participating in a program created under | ||||||
26 | subsection (n) of Section 10.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 94-32, eff. 6-15-05; 94-82, eff. 1-1-06; 94-860, | ||||||
2 | eff. 6-16-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-632, eff. 9-25-07.)
| ||||||
3 | (5 ILCS 375/6.9)
| ||||||
4 | Sec. 6.9. Health benefits for community college benefit | ||||||
5 | recipients and
community college dependent beneficiaries.
| ||||||
6 | (a) Purpose. It is the purpose of these this amendatory | ||||||
7 | Acts Act of 1997 and 2008 to establish
a uniform program of | ||||||
8 | health benefits for community college benefit recipients
and | ||||||
9 | their dependent beneficiaries under the administration of the | ||||||
10 | Department of
Central Management Services.
| ||||||
11 | (b) Creation of program. Beginning July 1, 1999, the | ||||||
12 | Department of
Central Management Services shall be responsible | ||||||
13 | for administering a program of
health benefits for community | ||||||
14 | college benefit recipients and community college
dependent | ||||||
15 | beneficiaries under this Section. The State Universities | ||||||
16 | Retirement
System and the boards of trustees of the various | ||||||
17 | community college districts
shall cooperate with the | ||||||
18 | Department in this endeavor.
| ||||||
19 | Beginning July 1, 2009, the Department of Central | ||||||
20 | Management Services shall be responsible for administering a | ||||||
21 | program of health benefits for community college benefit | ||||||
22 | recipients and community college dependent beneficiaries | ||||||
23 | subject to Article VII of the Public Community College Act. The | ||||||
24 | State Universities Retirement System and the boards of trustees | ||||||
25 | of the community college districts shall cooperate with the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Department in this endeavor. | ||||||
2 | (c) Eligibility. All community college benefit recipients | ||||||
3 | and community
college dependent beneficiaries shall be | ||||||
4 | eligible to participate in the program
established under this | ||||||
5 | Section, without any interruption or delay in coverage
or | ||||||
6 | limitation as to pre-existing medical conditions. Eligibility | ||||||
7 | to
participate shall be determined by the State Universities | ||||||
8 | Retirement System.
Eligibility information shall be | ||||||
9 | communicated to the Department of Central
Management Services | ||||||
10 | in a format acceptable to the Department.
| ||||||
11 | (d) Coverage. The health benefit coverage provided under | ||||||
12 | this Section
shall be a program of health, dental, and vision | ||||||
13 | benefits.
| ||||||
14 | The program of health benefits under this Section may | ||||||
15 | include any or all of
the benefit limitations, including but | ||||||
16 | not limited to a reduction in benefits
based on eligibility for | ||||||
17 | federal medicare benefits, that are provided under
subsection | ||||||
18 | (a) of Section 6 of this Act for other health benefit programs | ||||||
19 | under
this Act.
| ||||||
20 | (e) Insurance rates and premiums. The Director shall | ||||||
21 | determine the
insurance rates and premiums for community | ||||||
22 | college benefit recipients and
community college dependent | ||||||
23 | beneficiaries. Rates and premiums may be based
in part on age | ||||||
24 | and eligibility for federal Medicare coverage.
The Director | ||||||
25 | shall also determine premiums that will allow for the
| ||||||
26 | establishment of an actuarially sound reserve for this program.
|
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| |||||||
1 | The cost of health benefits under the program shall be paid | ||||||
2 | as follows:
| ||||||
3 | (1) For a community college benefit recipient, up to | ||||||
4 | 75% of the total
insurance rate shall be paid from the | ||||||
5 | Community College Health Insurance
Security Fund.
| ||||||
6 | (2) The balance of the rate of insurance, including the | ||||||
7 | entire premium
for any coverage for community college | ||||||
8 | dependent beneficiaries that has been
elected, shall be | ||||||
9 | paid by deductions authorized by the community college
| ||||||
10 | benefit recipient to be withheld from his or her monthly | ||||||
11 | annuity or benefit
payment from the State Universities | ||||||
12 | Retirement System; except that (i) if the
balance of the | ||||||
13 | cost of coverage exceeds the amount of the monthly annuity | ||||||
14 | or
benefit payment, the difference shall be paid directly | ||||||
15 | to the State
Universities Retirement System by the | ||||||
16 | community college benefit recipient, and
(ii) all or part | ||||||
17 | of the balance of the cost of coverage may, at the option | ||||||
18 | of
the board of trustees of the community college district, | ||||||
19 | be paid to
the State Universities Retirement System by the | ||||||
20 | board of the community college
district from which the | ||||||
21 | community college benefit recipient retired. The State
| ||||||
22 | Universities Retirement System shall promptly deposit all | ||||||
23 | moneys withheld by or
paid to it under this subdivision | ||||||
24 | (e)(2) into the Community College Health
Insurance | ||||||
25 | Security Fund. These moneys shall not be considered assets | ||||||
26 | of the
State Universities Retirement System.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (f) Financing. All revenues arising from the | ||||||
2 | administration of the health
benefit program established under | ||||||
3 | this Section shall be deposited into the
Community College | ||||||
4 | Health Insurance Security Fund, which is hereby created as a
| ||||||
5 | nonappropriated trust fund to be held outside the State | ||||||
6 | Treasury, with the
State Treasurer as custodian. Any interest | ||||||
7 | earned on moneys in the Community
College Health Insurance | ||||||
8 | Security Fund shall be deposited into the Fund.
| ||||||
9 | Moneys in the Community College Health Insurance Security | ||||||
10 | Fund shall be used
only to pay the costs of the health benefit | ||||||
11 | program established under this
Section, including associated | ||||||
12 | administrative costs and the establishment of a
program | ||||||
13 | reserve. Beginning January 1, 1999,
the Department of Central | ||||||
14 | Management Services may make expenditures from the
Community | ||||||
15 | College Health Insurance Security Fund for those costs.
| ||||||
16 | (g) Contract for benefits. The Director shall by contract, | ||||||
17 | self-insurance,
or otherwise make available the program of | ||||||
18 | health benefits for community
college benefit recipients and | ||||||
19 | their community college dependent beneficiaries
that is | ||||||
20 | provided for in this Section. The contract or other arrangement | ||||||
21 | for
the provision of these health benefits shall be on terms | ||||||
22 | deemed by the Director
to be in the best interest of the State | ||||||
23 | of Illinois and the community college
benefit recipients based | ||||||
24 | on, but not limited to, such criteria as
administrative cost, | ||||||
25 | service capabilities of the carrier or other contractor,
and | ||||||
26 | the costs of the benefits.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (h) Continuation of program. It is the intention of the | ||||||
2 | General Assembly
that the program of health benefits provided | ||||||
3 | under this Section be maintained
on an ongoing, affordable | ||||||
4 | basis. The program of health benefits provided under
this | ||||||
5 | Section may be amended by the State and is not intended to be a | ||||||
6 | pension or
retirement benefit subject to protection under | ||||||
7 | Article XIII, Section 5 of the
Illinois Constitution.
| ||||||
8 | (i) Other health benefit plans. A health benefit plan | ||||||
9 | provided by a
community college district (other than a | ||||||
10 | community college district subject to
Article VII of the Public | ||||||
11 | Community College Act) under the terms of a
collective | ||||||
12 | bargaining agreement in effect on or prior to the effective | ||||||
13 | date of
this amendatory Act of 1997 shall continue in force | ||||||
14 | according to the terms of
that agreement, unless otherwise | ||||||
15 | mutually agreed by the parties to that
agreement and the | ||||||
16 | affected retiree.
A community college benefit recipient or | ||||||
17 | community college dependent
beneficiary whose coverage under | ||||||
18 | such a plan expires shall be eligible to begin
participating in | ||||||
19 | the program established under this Section without any
| ||||||
20 | interruption or delay in coverage or limitation as to | ||||||
21 | pre-existing medical
conditions.
| ||||||
22 | A health benefit plan provided by a community college | ||||||
23 | district subject to Article VII of the Public Community College | ||||||
24 | Act under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement in | ||||||
25 | effect on or prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
26 | of 2008 shall continue in force according to the terms of that |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | agreement, unless otherwise mutually agreed by the parties to | ||||||
2 | that agreement and the affected retiree. A community college | ||||||
3 | benefit recipient or community college dependent beneficiary | ||||||
4 | whose coverage under such a plan expires shall be eligible to | ||||||
5 | begin participating in the program established under this | ||||||
6 | Section without any interruption or delay in coverage or | ||||||
7 | limitation as to pre-existing medical conditions. | ||||||
8 | This Act does not prohibit any community college district | ||||||
9 | from offering
additional health benefits for its retirees or | ||||||
10 | their dependents or survivors.
| ||||||
11 | (j) The Community College Health Insurance Security Fund | ||||||
12 | Committee is established.
The Committee shall consist of 11 | ||||||
13 | members appointed as follows: | ||||||
14 | (1) One member appointed by the Governor. | ||||||
15 | (2) One member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
16 | Senate. | ||||||
17 | (3) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
18 | Senate. | ||||||
19 | (4) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
20 | Representatives. | ||||||
21 | (5) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
22 | House of Representatives. | ||||||
23 | (6) One member appointed by and representing an | ||||||
24 | education labor organization in Cook County. | ||||||
25 | (7) One member appointed by and representing an | ||||||
26 | education labor organization in the counties of DuPage, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Lake, Kane, and Will. | ||||||
2 | (8) One member appointed by and representing an | ||||||
3 | education labor organization primarily outside of Cook | ||||||
4 | County and the counties of DuPage, Lake, Kane, and Will. | ||||||
5 | (9) One member appointed by and representing the | ||||||
6 | Community College President's Council. | ||||||
7 | (10) One member appointed by and representing the | ||||||
8 | Community College Trustees Association. | ||||||
9 | (11) One member appointed by and representing a | ||||||
10 | statewide retiree organization. | ||||||
11 | Committee members shall not be compensated. Nothing in this | ||||||
12 | Act shall prevent a Committee member from also being a member | ||||||
13 | of the Board of Trustees of a community college district.
The | ||||||
14 | Committee shall convene at least 2 times each year and more | ||||||
15 | frequently as needed. | ||||||
16 | The Committee shall consider and make recommendations on | ||||||
17 | issues affecting the program of health benefits provided under | ||||||
18 | this Section.
Recommendations of the Committee shall be based | ||||||
19 | on the majority vote
of the members of the Committee. | ||||||
20 | The Committee chair shall be selected by the Committee from | ||||||
21 | among the members. | ||||||
22 | If the Community College Health Insurance Security Fund | ||||||
23 | experiences a deficit balance based upon the contribution and | ||||||
24 | subsidy rates established in Section 6.10 of this Act and | ||||||
25 | Section 1.4 of the State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation | ||||||
26 | Act for fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, the Committee shall |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | make recommendations for adjustments to the funding sources | ||||||
2 | established under those Sections. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 90-497, eff. 8-18-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
| ||||||
4 | (5 ILCS 375/6.10)
| ||||||
5 | Sec. 6.10. Contributions to the Community College Health | ||||||
6 | Insurance
Security Fund.
| ||||||
7 | (a) Beginning January 1, 1999, every active contributor of | ||||||
8 | the State
Universities Retirement System (established under | ||||||
9 | Article 15 of the Illinois
Pension Code) who (1) is a full-time | ||||||
10 | employee of a community college district
(other than a | ||||||
11 | community college district subject to Article VII of the Public
| ||||||
12 | Community College Act)
or an association of community college | ||||||
13 | boards and (2) is not an employee as
defined in Section 3 of | ||||||
14 | this Act shall make contributions toward the cost of
community | ||||||
15 | college annuitant and survivor health benefits at the rate of | ||||||
16 | 0.50%
of salary.
| ||||||
17 | These contributions shall be deducted by the employer and | ||||||
18 | paid to the State
Universities Retirement System as service | ||||||
19 | agent for the Department of Central
Management Services. The | ||||||
20 | System may use the same processes for collecting the
| ||||||
21 | contributions required by this subsection that it uses to | ||||||
22 | collect the
contributions received from those employees under | ||||||
23 | Section 15-157 of the
Illinois Pension Code. An employer may | ||||||
24 | agree to pick up or pay the
contributions required under this | ||||||
25 | subsection on behalf of the employee;
such contributions shall |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | be deemed to have been paid by the employee.
| ||||||
2 | The State Universities Retirement System shall promptly | ||||||
3 | deposit all moneys
collected under this subsection (a) into the | ||||||
4 | Community College Health Insurance
Security Fund created in | ||||||
5 | Section 6.9 of this Act. The moneys collected under
this | ||||||
6 | Section shall be used only for the purposes authorized in | ||||||
7 | Section 6.9 of
this Act and shall not be considered to be | ||||||
8 | assets of the State Universities
Retirement System. | ||||||
9 | Contributions made under this Section are not transferable
to | ||||||
10 | other pension funds or retirement systems and are not | ||||||
11 | refundable upon
termination of service.
| ||||||
12 | (a-5) Beginning January 1, 2009, every active contributor | ||||||
13 | of the State Universities Retirement System (established under | ||||||
14 | Article 15 of the Illinois Pension Code) who (1) is a full-time | ||||||
15 | employee of a community college district subject to Article VII | ||||||
16 | of the Public Community College Act and (2) is not an employee | ||||||
17 | as defined in Section 3 of this Act shall make contributions | ||||||
18 | toward the cost of community college annuitant and survivor | ||||||
19 | health benefits at the rate of 0.50% of salary. | ||||||
20 | These contributions shall be deducted by the employer and | ||||||
21 | paid to the State Universities Retirement System as service | ||||||
22 | agent for the Department of Central Management Services. The | ||||||
23 | System may use the same processes for collecting the | ||||||
24 | contributions required by this subsection that it uses to | ||||||
25 | collect the contributions received from those employees under | ||||||
26 | Section 15-157 of the Illinois Pension Code. An employer may |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | agree to pick up or pay the contributions required under this | ||||||
2 | subsection on behalf of the employee; such contributions shall | ||||||
3 | be deemed to have been paid by the employee. | ||||||
4 | The State Universities Retirement System shall promptly | ||||||
5 | deposit all moneys collected under this subsection (a-5) into | ||||||
6 | the Community College Health Insurance Security Fund created in | ||||||
7 | Section 6.9 of this Act. The moneys collected under this | ||||||
8 | Section shall be used only for the purposes authorized in | ||||||
9 | Section 6.9 of this Act and shall not be considered to be | ||||||
10 | assets of the State Universities Retirement System. | ||||||
11 | Contributions made under this Section are not transferable to | ||||||
12 | other pension funds or retirement systems and are not | ||||||
13 | refundable upon termination of service. | ||||||
14 | (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, every community college | ||||||
15 | district
(other than a community college district subject to | ||||||
16 | Article VII of the Public
Community College Act) or association
| ||||||
17 | of community college boards that is an employer under the State | ||||||
18 | Universities
Retirement System shall contribute toward the | ||||||
19 | cost of the community college
health benefits provided under | ||||||
20 | Section 6.9 of this Act an amount equal to 0.50%
of the salary | ||||||
21 | paid to its full-time employees who participate in the State
| ||||||
22 | Universities Retirement System and are not members as defined | ||||||
23 | in Section 3 of
this Act.
| ||||||
24 | These contributions shall be paid by the employer to the | ||||||
25 | State Universities
Retirement System as service agent for the | ||||||
26 | Department of Central Management
Services. The System may use |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the same processes for collecting the
contributions required by | ||||||
2 | this subsection that it uses to collect the
contributions | ||||||
3 | received from those employers under Section 15-155 of the
| ||||||
4 | Illinois Pension Code.
| ||||||
5 | The State Universities Retirement System shall promptly | ||||||
6 | deposit all moneys
collected under this subsection (b) into the | ||||||
7 | Community College Health Insurance
Security Fund created in | ||||||
8 | Section 6.9 of this Act. The moneys collected under
this | ||||||
9 | Section shall be used only for the purposes authorized in | ||||||
10 | Section 6.9 of
this Act and shall not be considered to be | ||||||
11 | assets of the State Universities
Retirement System. | ||||||
12 | Contributions made under this Section are not transferable
to | ||||||
13 | other pension funds or retirement systems and are not | ||||||
14 | refundable upon
termination of service.
| ||||||
15 | The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, or any | ||||||
16 | successor agency designated to procure healthcare contracts | ||||||
17 | pursuant to this Act, is authorized to establish funds, | ||||||
18 | separate accounts provided by any bank or banks as defined by | ||||||
19 | the Illinois Banking Act, or separate accounts provided by any | ||||||
20 | savings and loan association or associations as defined by the | ||||||
21 | Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 to be held by the | ||||||
22 | Director, outside the State treasury, for the purpose of | ||||||
23 | receiving the transfer of moneys from the Community College | ||||||
24 | Health Insurance Security Fund. The Department may promulgate | ||||||
25 | rules further defining the methodology for the transfers. Any | ||||||
26 | interest earned by moneys in the funds or accounts shall inure |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | to the Community College Health Insurance Security Fund. The | ||||||
2 | transferred moneys, and interest accrued thereon, shall be used | ||||||
3 | exclusively for transfers to administrative service | ||||||
4 | organizations or their financial institutions for payments of | ||||||
5 | claims to claimants and providers under the self-insurance | ||||||
6 | health plan. The transferred moneys, and interest accrued | ||||||
7 | thereon, shall not be used for any other purpose including, but | ||||||
8 | not limited to, reimbursement of administration fees due the | ||||||
9 | administrative service organization pursuant to its contract | ||||||
10 | or contracts with the Department.
| ||||||
11 | (b-5) Beginning January 1, 2009, every community college | ||||||
12 | district subject to Article VII of the Public Community College | ||||||
13 | Act shall contribute toward the cost of the community college | ||||||
14 | health benefits provided under Section 6.9 of this Act an | ||||||
15 | amount equal to 0.50% of the salary paid to its full-time | ||||||
16 | employees who participate in the State Universities Retirement | ||||||
17 | System and are not members as defined in Section 3 of this Act. | ||||||
18 | These contributions shall be paid by the employer to the | ||||||
19 | State Universities Retirement System as service agent for the | ||||||
20 | Department of Central Management Services. The System may use | ||||||
21 | the same processes for collecting the contributions required by | ||||||
22 | this subsection that it uses to collect the contributions | ||||||
23 | received from those employers under Section 15-155 of the | ||||||
24 | Illinois Pension Code. | ||||||
25 | The State Universities Retirement System shall promptly | ||||||
26 | deposit all moneys collected under this subsection (b-5) into |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the Community College Health Insurance Security Fund created in | ||||||
2 | Section 6.9 of this Act. The moneys collected under this | ||||||
3 | Section shall be used only for the purposes authorized in | ||||||
4 | Section 6.9 of this Act and shall not be considered to be | ||||||
5 | assets of the State Universities Retirement System. | ||||||
6 | Contributions made under this Section are not transferable to | ||||||
7 | other pension funds or retirement systems and are not | ||||||
8 | refundable upon termination of service. | ||||||
9 | The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, or any | ||||||
10 | successor agency designated to procure healthcare contracts | ||||||
11 | pursuant to this Act, is authorized to establish funds, | ||||||
12 | separate accounts provided by any bank or banks as defined by | ||||||
13 | the Illinois Banking Act, or separate accounts provided by any | ||||||
14 | savings and loan association or associations as defined by the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 to be held by the | ||||||
16 | Director, outside the State treasury, for the purpose of | ||||||
17 | receiving the transfer of moneys from the Community College | ||||||
18 | Health Insurance Security Fund. The Department may promulgate | ||||||
19 | rules further defining the methodology for the transfers. Any | ||||||
20 | interest earned by moneys in the funds or accounts shall inure | ||||||
21 | to the Community College Health Insurance Security Fund. The | ||||||
22 | transferred moneys, and interest accrued for thereon, shall be | ||||||
23 | used exclusively for transfers to administrative service | ||||||
24 | organizations or their financial institutions for payments of | ||||||
25 | claims to claimants and providers under the self-insurance | ||||||
26 | health plan. The transferred moneys, and interest accrued |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | thereon, shall not be used for any other purpose including, but | ||||||
2 | not limited to, reimbursement of administration fees due the | ||||||
3 | administrative service organization pursuant to its contract | ||||||
4 | or contracts with the Department. | ||||||
5 | (c) On or before November 15 of each year, the Board of | ||||||
6 | Trustees of the
State Universities Retirement System shall | ||||||
7 | certify to the Governor, the
Director of Central Management | ||||||
8 | Services, and the State
Comptroller its estimate of the total | ||||||
9 | amount of contributions to be paid under
subsection (a) of this | ||||||
10 | Section for the next fiscal year. Beginning in fiscal year | ||||||
11 | 2008, the amount certified shall be decreased or increased each | ||||||
12 | year by the amount that the actual active employee | ||||||
13 | contributions either fell short of or exceeded the estimate | ||||||
14 | used by the Board in making the certification for the previous | ||||||
15 | fiscal year. The State Universities Retirement System shall | ||||||
16 | calculate the amount of actual active employee contributions in | ||||||
17 | fiscal years 1999 through 2005. Based upon this calculation, | ||||||
18 | the fiscal year 2008 certification shall include an amount | ||||||
19 | equal to the cumulative amount that the actual active employee | ||||||
20 | contributions either fell short of or exceeded the estimate | ||||||
21 | used by the Board in making the certification for those fiscal | ||||||
22 | years. The certification
shall include a detailed explanation | ||||||
23 | of the methods and information that the
Board relied upon in | ||||||
24 | preparing its estimate. As soon as possible after the
effective | ||||||
25 | date of this Section, the Board shall submit its estimate for | ||||||
26 | fiscal
year 1999.
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1 | (d) Beginning in fiscal year 1999, on the first day of each | ||||||
2 | month, or as
soon thereafter as may be practical, the State | ||||||
3 | Treasurer and the State
Comptroller shall transfer from the | ||||||
4 | General Revenue Fund to the Community
College Health Insurance | ||||||
5 | Security Fund 1/12 of the annual amount appropriated
for that | ||||||
6 | fiscal year to the State Comptroller for deposit into the | ||||||
7 | Community
College Health Insurance Security Fund under Section | ||||||
8 | 1.4 of the State Pension
Funds Continuing Appropriation Act.
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9 | (e) Except where otherwise specified in this Section, the | ||||||
10 | definitions
that apply to Article 15 of the Illinois Pension | ||||||
11 | Code apply to this Section.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-632, eff. 9-25-07.)
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13 | Section 10. The State Pension Funds Continuing | ||||||
14 | Appropriation Act is amended by changing Section 1.4 as | ||||||
15 | follows:
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16 | (40 ILCS 15/1.4)
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17 | Sec. 1.4. Appropriations for the Community College Health | ||||||
18 | Insurance
Security Fund. Beginning in State fiscal year 2009 | ||||||
19 | 1999 , there is hereby
appropriated, on a continuing annual | ||||||
20 | basis, from the General Revenue Fund to
the State Comptroller | ||||||
21 | for deposit into the Community College Health Insurance
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22 | Security Fund, an amount equal to 2.15 times the sum of | ||||||
23 | subsections (a), (a-5), (b), and (b-5) as the amount certified | ||||||
24 | by the Board of Trustees
of the State Universities Retirement |
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1 | System under subsection (c) of Section
6.10 of the State | ||||||
2 | Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 as the estimated total
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3 | amount of contributions to be paid under subsections (a) and | ||||||
4 | (a-5) subsection (a) of that Section 6.10 in
that fiscal year. | ||||||
5 | The moneys appropriated under this Section 1.4 shall be
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6 | deposited into the Community College Health Insurance Security | ||||||
7 | Fund and used
only for the purposes authorized in Section 6.9 | ||||||
8 | of the State Employees Group
Insurance Act of 1971. The | ||||||
9 | transfer of funds by any constitutional officer or legislative | ||||||
10 | body for any other purpose or program is specifically | ||||||
11 | prohibited.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 90-497, eff. 8-18-97.)
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13 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
14 | Section 8.32 as follows: | ||||||
15 | (30 ILCS 805/8.32 new) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 8.32. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
17 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
18 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
19 | the 95th General Assembly.
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
21 | becoming law.
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