HB6301 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB6301

Introduced , by Rep. Raymond Poe

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 105/5.855 new
30 ILCS 105/5l new

Amends the State Finance Act. Contains provisions concerning court ordered refunds of health insurance premiums paid by annuitants, survivors, or retired employees under the provisions of Public Act 97-695. Requires the Director of Central Management Services to certify to the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer the amount to be paid to each annuitant, survivor, or retired employee. Requires the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer to transfer the certified amount from the Health Insurance Reserve Fund to the State Retiree Health Insurance Premium Return Fund. Creates the State Retiree Health Insurance Premium Return Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, to refund health insurance premiums paid by annuitants, survivors, or retired employees as provided in the court order. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Sections 5.855 and 5l as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.855 new)

Sec. 5.855. The State Retiree Health Insurance Premium Return Fund.

(30 ILCS 105/5l new)

Sec. 5l. Refund of health insurance premiums. If the State is required, by court order, to refund health insurance premiums paid by annuitants, survivors, or retired employees under the provisions of Public Act 97-695, then, immediately upon issuance of that court order, the Director of Central Management Services shall certify to the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer the amount to be paid to each annuitant, survivor, or retired employee in order to comply with the court order. The Director of Central Management Services shall provide to the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer, upon their request, any information in his or her possession concerning health insurance premiums paid by those annuitants, survivors, or retired employees. Immediately upon receipt of the certification, the State Comptroller shall order transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer the certified amount from the Health Insurance Reserve Fund to the State Retiree Health Insurance Premium Return Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury. Moneys in the State Retiree Health Insurance Premium Return Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, to refund health insurance premiums paid by annuitants, survivors, or retired employees as provided in the court order. The State Retiree Health Insurance Premium Return Fund is not subject to sweeps, administrative charge-backs, or any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that would in any way transfer any amounts from the State Retiree Health Insurance Premium Return Fund into any other fund of the State.

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