95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2068


 
Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. James A. DeLeo
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		








  



40 ILCS 5/5-167.5
  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-167.5



30 ILCS 805/8.32 new










    Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code.  Provides that retiree members of the city health care plans shall pay no higher premium, and shall receive no lower level of benefits, than the active employee members with the same Medicare status.  Pre-empts home rule.  Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY






STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
MAY APPLY
					
















 


 


A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 5-167.5 as follows:
 



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    (40 ILCS 5/5-167.5)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-167.5)



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    Sec. 5-167.5. Payments to city for annuitant health care; 
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equality of coverage. 

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    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "city annuitant" 
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means a person
receiving an age and service annuity, a widow's 
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annuity, a child's annuity, or
a minimum annuity under this 
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Article as a direct result of previous employment
by the City 
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of Chicago ("the city").

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    (b) The board shall pay to the city, on behalf of the 
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board's city
annuitants who participate in any of the city's 
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health care plans, the
following amounts:


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        (1) From July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2008, $85 per 
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    month for each such
annuitant who is not eligible to 
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    receive Medicare benefits and $55 per month
for each such 
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    annuitant who is eligible to receive Medicare benefits.


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        (2) From July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2013, $95 per 
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    month for each such
annuitant who is not eligible to 
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    receive Medicare benefits and $65 per month
for each such 
 


 






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    annuitant who is eligible to receive Medicare benefits.

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    The payments described in this subsection shall be paid 
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from the tax levy
authorized under Section 5-168; such amounts 
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shall be credited to the reserve
for group hospital care and 
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group medical and surgical plan benefits, and all
payments to 
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the city required under this subsection shall be charged 
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against
it.

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    (c) The city health care plans referred to in this Section 
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and the board's
payments to the city under this Section are not 
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and shall not be construed to
be pension or retirement benefits 
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for the purposes of Section 5 of Article XIII
of the Illinois 
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Constitution of 1970.

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    (d) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act 
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of the 95th General Assembly,  retirees under this Article who 
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participate in the city health care plans shall pay no higher 
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premium or other cost, and shall receive no lower level of 
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benefits, than the corresponding active employee participants 
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in those plans with  the same Medicare status.  The city, a home 
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rule unit, may not create or maintain any inequality in 
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benefits or costs for retired and active participants in the 
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city health care plans in a manner inconsistent with this 
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subsection.  This subsection is a limitation on the concurrent 
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exercise of home rule power under subsection (i) of Section 6 
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of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.

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(Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02; 93-42, eff. 7-1-03.)

 
 


 






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    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
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Section 8.32 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 805/8.32 new)
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    Sec. 8.32. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
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of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
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implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
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the 95th General Assembly.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.