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90_HB3368
5 ILCS 375/5.5 new
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971.
Provides that contractors providing health benefits under
that Act must make those benefits available to welfare to
work program participants whose Medicaid eligibility has
expired. Provides that the benefits shall be made available
at the group rate under the contract and that the person
obtaining benefits shall pay the charges for the benefit
coverage.
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1 AN ACT to amend the State Employees Group Insurance Act
2 of 1971 by adding Section 5.5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of
6 1971 is amended by adding Section 5.5 as follows:
7 (5 ILCS 375/5.5 new)
8 Sec. 5.5. Health benefit contractors; welfare to work.
9 As a part of a contract to provide health benefits to State
10 employees under this Act, the contractor shall agree to
11 provide identical benefits at the same cost to persons who
12 have participated in a welfare to work program for such a
13 length of time that their eligibility for Medicaid benefits
14 has expired. Persons who participate in the program of
15 health benefits under this Section shall pay the charges for
16 the coverage.