Bill Amendment: IL HB2029 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: STATE EMPLOYEE GROUP INSURANCE
Status: 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0242 [HB2029 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2029-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: STATE EMPLOYEE GROUP INSURANCE
Status: 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0242 [HB2029 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2029-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2029
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2029 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 or who meets the criteria | ||||||
8 | for retirement, but in lieu of receiving an annuity under that | ||||||
9 | Article has elected to receive an accelerated pension benefit | ||||||
10 | payment under Section 14-147.5 of that Article), 15 (including | ||||||
11 | an employee who has retired under the optional
retirement | ||||||
12 | program established under Section 15-158.2 or who meets the | ||||||
13 | criteria for retirement but in lieu of receiving an annuity | ||||||
14 | under that Article has elected to receive an accelerated | ||||||
15 | pension benefit payment under Section 15-185.5 of the Article),
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16 | paragraphs (2), (3), or (5) of Section 16-106 (including an | ||||||
17 | employee who meets the criteria for retirement, but in lieu of | ||||||
18 | receiving an annuity under that Article has elected to receive | ||||||
19 | an accelerated pension benefit payment under Section 16-190.5 | ||||||
20 | of the Illinois Pension Code), or
Article 18 of the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Pension Code; (2) any person who was receiving
group insurance | ||||||
22 | coverage under this Act as of March 31, 1978 by
reason of his | ||||||
23 | status as an annuitant, even though the annuity in relation
to | ||||||
24 | which such coverage was provided is a proportional annuity | ||||||
25 | based on less
than the minimum period of service required for a | ||||||
26 | retirement annuity in
the system involved; (3) any person not |
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1 | otherwise covered by this Act
who has retired as a | ||||||
2 | participating member under Article 2 of the Illinois
Pension | ||||||
3 | Code but is ineligible for the retirement annuity under Section
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4 | 2-119 of the Illinois Pension Code; (4) the spouse of any | ||||||
5 | person who
is receiving a retirement annuity under Article 18 | ||||||
6 | of the Illinois Pension
Code and who is covered under a group | ||||||
7 | health insurance program sponsored
by a governmental employer | ||||||
8 | other than the State of Illinois and who has
irrevocably | ||||||
9 | elected to waive his or her coverage under this Act and to have
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10 | his or her spouse considered as the "annuitant" under this Act | ||||||
11 | and not as
a "dependent"; or (5) an employee who retires, or | ||||||
12 | has retired, from a
qualified position, as determined according | ||||||
13 | to rules promulgated by the
Director, under a qualified local | ||||||
14 | government, a qualified rehabilitation
facility, a qualified | ||||||
15 | domestic violence shelter or service, or a qualified child | ||||||
16 | advocacy center. (For definition
of "retired employee", see (p) | ||||||
17 | post).
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18 | (b-5) (Blank).
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19 | (b-6) (Blank).
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20 | (b-7) (Blank).
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21 | (c) "Carrier" means (1) an insurance company, a corporation | ||||||
22 | organized
under the Limited Health Service Organization Act or | ||||||
23 | the Voluntary Health
Services Plan Act, a partnership, or other | ||||||
24 | nongovernmental organization,
which is authorized to do group | ||||||
25 | life or group health insurance business in
Illinois, or (2) the | ||||||
26 | State of Illinois as a self-insurer.
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1 | (d) "Compensation" means salary or wages payable on a | ||||||
2 | regular
payroll by the State Treasurer on a warrant of the | ||||||
3 | State Comptroller out
of any State, trust or federal fund, or | ||||||
4 | by the Governor of the State
through a disbursing officer of | ||||||
5 | the State out of a trust or out of
federal funds, or by any | ||||||
6 | Department out of State, trust, federal or
other funds held by | ||||||
7 | the State Treasurer or the Department, to any person
for | ||||||
8 | personal services currently performed, and ordinary or | ||||||
9 | accidental
disability benefits under Articles 2, 14, 15 | ||||||
10 | (including ordinary or accidental
disability benefits under | ||||||
11 | the optional retirement program established under
Section | ||||||
12 | 15-158.2), paragraphs (2), (3), or (5) of
Section 16-106, or | ||||||
13 | Article 18 of the Illinois Pension Code, for disability
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14 | incurred after January 1, 1966, or benefits payable under the | ||||||
15 | Workers'
Compensation or Occupational Diseases Act or benefits | ||||||
16 | payable under a sick
pay plan established in accordance with | ||||||
17 | Section 36 of the State Finance Act.
"Compensation" also means | ||||||
18 | salary or wages paid to an employee of any
qualified local | ||||||
19 | government, qualified rehabilitation facility,
qualified | ||||||
20 | domestic violence shelter or service, or qualified child | ||||||
21 | advocacy center.
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22 | (e) "Commission" means the State Employees Group Insurance | ||||||
23 | Advisory
Commission authorized by this Act. Commencing July 1, | ||||||
24 | 1984, "Commission"
as used in this Act means the Commission on | ||||||
25 | Government Forecasting and Accountability as
established by | ||||||
26 | the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984.
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1 | (f) "Contributory", when referred to as contributory | ||||||
2 | coverage, shall
mean optional coverages or benefits elected by | ||||||
3 | the member toward the cost of
which such member makes | ||||||
4 | contribution, or which are funded in whole or in part
through | ||||||
5 | the acceptance of a reduction in earnings or the foregoing of | ||||||
6 | an
increase in earnings by an employee, as distinguished from | ||||||
7 | noncontributory
coverage or benefits which are paid entirely by | ||||||
8 | the State of Illinois
without reduction of the member's salary.
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9 | (g) "Department" means any department, institution, board,
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10 | commission, officer, court or any agency of the State | ||||||
11 | government
receiving appropriations and having power to | ||||||
12 | certify payrolls to the
Comptroller authorizing payments of | ||||||
13 | salary and wages against such
appropriations as are made by the | ||||||
14 | General Assembly from any State fund, or
against trust funds | ||||||
15 | held by the State Treasurer and includes boards of
trustees of | ||||||
16 | the retirement systems created by Articles 2, 14, 15, 16 and
18 | ||||||
17 | of the Illinois Pension Code. "Department" also includes the | ||||||
18 | Illinois
Comprehensive Health Insurance Board, the Board of | ||||||
19 | Examiners established under
the Illinois Public Accounting | ||||||
20 | Act, and the Illinois Finance Authority.
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21 | (h) "Dependent", when the term is used in the context of | ||||||
22 | the health
and life plan, means a member's spouse and any child | ||||||
23 | (1) from
birth to age 26 including an adopted child, a child | ||||||
24 | who lives with the
member from the time of the placement for | ||||||
25 | adoption until entry
of an order of adoption, a stepchild or | ||||||
26 | adjudicated child, or a child who lives with the member
if such |
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1 | member is a court appointed guardian of the child or (2)
age 19 | ||||||
2 | or over who has a mental or physical disability from a cause | ||||||
3 | originating prior to the age of 19 (age 26 if enrolled as an | ||||||
4 | adult child dependent). For
the health plan only, the term | ||||||
5 | "dependent" also includes (1) any person
enrolled prior to the | ||||||
6 | effective date of this Section who is dependent upon
the member | ||||||
7 | to the extent that the member may claim such person as a
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8 | dependent for income tax deduction purposes and (2) any person | ||||||
9 | who
has received after June 30, 2000 an organ transplant and | ||||||
10 | who is financially
dependent upon the member and eligible to be | ||||||
11 | claimed as a dependent for income
tax purposes. A member | ||||||
12 | requesting to cover any dependent must provide documentation as | ||||||
13 | requested by the Department of Central Management Services and | ||||||
14 | file with the Department any and all forms required by the | ||||||
15 | Department.
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16 | (i) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Department of Central
Management Services.
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18 | (j) "Eligibility period" means the period of time a member | ||||||
19 | has to
elect enrollment in programs or to select benefits | ||||||
20 | without regard to
age, sex or health.
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21 | (k) "Employee" means and includes each officer or employee | ||||||
22 | in the
service of a department who (1) receives his | ||||||
23 | compensation for
service rendered to the department on a | ||||||
24 | warrant issued pursuant to a payroll
certified by a department | ||||||
25 | or on a warrant or check issued and drawn by a
department upon | ||||||
26 | a trust, federal or other fund or on a warrant issued
pursuant |
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1 | to a payroll certified by an elected or duly appointed officer
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2 | of the State or who receives payment of the performance of | ||||||
3 | personal
services on a warrant issued pursuant to a payroll | ||||||
4 | certified by a
Department and drawn by the Comptroller upon the | ||||||
5 | State Treasurer against
appropriations made by the General | ||||||
6 | Assembly from any fund or against
trust funds held by the State | ||||||
7 | Treasurer, and (2) is employed full-time or
part-time in a | ||||||
8 | position normally requiring actual performance of duty
during | ||||||
9 | not less than 1/2 of a normal work period, as established by | ||||||
10 | the
Director in cooperation with each department, except that | ||||||
11 | persons elected
by popular vote will be considered employees | ||||||
12 | during the entire
term for which they are elected regardless of | ||||||
13 | hours devoted to the
service of the State, and (3) except that | ||||||
14 | "employee" does not include any
person who is not eligible by | ||||||
15 | reason of such person's employment to
participate in one of the | ||||||
16 | State retirement systems under Articles 2, 14, 15
(either the | ||||||
17 | regular Article 15 system or the optional retirement program
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18 | established under Section 15-158.2) or 18, or under paragraph | ||||||
19 | (2), (3), or
(5) of Section 16-106, of the Illinois
Pension | ||||||
20 | Code, but such term does include persons who are employed | ||||||
21 | during
the 6 month qualifying period under Article 14 of the | ||||||
22 | Illinois Pension
Code. Such term also includes any person who | ||||||
23 | (1) after January 1, 1966,
is receiving ordinary or accidental | ||||||
24 | disability benefits under Articles
2, 14, 15 (including | ||||||
25 | ordinary or accidental disability benefits under the
optional | ||||||
26 | retirement program established under Section 15-158.2), |
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1 | paragraphs
(2), (3), or (5) of Section 16-106, or Article 18 of | ||||||
2 | the
Illinois Pension Code, for disability incurred after | ||||||
3 | January 1, 1966, (2)
receives total permanent or total | ||||||
4 | temporary disability under the Workers'
Compensation Act or | ||||||
5 | Occupational Disease Act as a result of injuries
sustained or | ||||||
6 | illness contracted in the course of employment with the
State | ||||||
7 | of Illinois, or (3) is not otherwise covered under this Act and | ||||||
8 | has
retired as a participating member under Article 2 of the | ||||||
9 | Illinois Pension
Code but is ineligible for the retirement | ||||||
10 | annuity under Section 2-119 of
the Illinois Pension Code. | ||||||
11 | However, a person who satisfies the criteria
of the foregoing | ||||||
12 | definition of "employee" except that such person is made
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13 | ineligible to participate in the State Universities Retirement | ||||||
14 | System by
clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Pension
Code is also an "employee" for the purposes of | ||||||
16 | this Act. "Employee" also
includes any person receiving or | ||||||
17 | eligible for benefits under a sick pay
plan established in | ||||||
18 | accordance with Section 36 of the State Finance Act.
"Employee" | ||||||
19 | also includes (i) each officer or employee in the service of a
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20 | qualified local government, including persons appointed as | ||||||
21 | trustees of
sanitary districts regardless of hours devoted to | ||||||
22 | the service of the
sanitary district, (ii) each employee in the | ||||||
23 | service of a qualified
rehabilitation facility, (iii) each | ||||||
24 | full-time employee in the service of a
qualified domestic | ||||||
25 | violence shelter or service, and (iv) each full-time employee | ||||||
26 | in the service of a qualified child advocacy center, as |
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1 | determined according to
rules promulgated by the Director.
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2 | (l) "Member" means an employee, annuitant, retired | ||||||
3 | employee or survivor. In the case of an annuitant or retired | ||||||
4 | employee who first becomes an annuitant or retired employee on | ||||||
5 | or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th | ||||||
6 | General Assembly, the individual must meet the minimum vesting | ||||||
7 | requirements of the applicable retirement system in order to be | ||||||
8 | eligible for group insurance benefits under that system. In the | ||||||
9 | case of a survivor who first becomes a survivor on or after the | ||||||
10 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | ||||||
11 | Assembly, the deceased employee, annuitant, or retired | ||||||
12 | employee upon whom the annuity is based must have been eligible | ||||||
13 | to participate in the group insurance system under the | ||||||
14 | applicable retirement system in order for the survivor to be | ||||||
15 | eligible for group insurance benefits under that system.
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16 | (m) "Optional coverages or benefits" means those coverages | ||||||
17 | or
benefits available to the member on his or her voluntary | ||||||
18 | election, and at
his or her own expense.
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19 | (n) "Program" means the group life insurance, health | ||||||
20 | benefits and other
employee benefits designed and contracted | ||||||
21 | for by the Director under this Act.
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22 | (o) "Health plan" means a health benefits
program offered
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23 | by the State of Illinois for persons eligible for the plan.
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24 | (p) "Retired employee" means any person who would be an | ||||||
25 | annuitant as
that term is defined herein but for the fact that | ||||||
26 | such person retired prior to
January 1, 1966. Such term also |
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1 | includes any person formerly employed by
the University of | ||||||
2 | Illinois in the Cooperative Extension Service who would
be an | ||||||
3 | annuitant but for the fact that such person was made ineligible | ||||||
4 | to
participate in the State Universities Retirement System by | ||||||
5 | clause (4) of
subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the Illinois
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6 | Pension Code.
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7 | (q) "Survivor" means a person receiving an annuity as a | ||||||
8 | survivor of an
employee or of an annuitant. "Survivor" also | ||||||
9 | includes: (1) the surviving
dependent of a person who satisfies | ||||||
10 | the definition of "employee" except that
such person is made | ||||||
11 | ineligible to participate in the State Universities
Retirement | ||||||
12 | System by clause (4) of subsection (a)
of Section 15-107 of the | ||||||
13 | Illinois Pension Code; (2) the surviving
dependent of any | ||||||
14 | person formerly employed by the University of Illinois in
the | ||||||
15 | Cooperative Extension Service who would be an annuitant except | ||||||
16 | for the
fact that such person was made ineligible to | ||||||
17 | participate in the State
Universities Retirement System by | ||||||
18 | clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section
15-107 of the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Pension Code; and (3) the surviving dependent of a person who | ||||||
20 | was an annuitant under this Act by virtue of receiving an | ||||||
21 | alternative retirement cancellation payment under Section | ||||||
22 | 14-108.5 of the Illinois Pension Code ; and (4) a person who | ||||||
23 | would be receiving an annuity as a survivor of an annuitant | ||||||
24 | except that the annuitant elected on or after June 4, 2018 to | ||||||
25 | receive an accelerated pension benefit payment under Section | ||||||
26 | 14-147.5, 15-185.5, or 16-190.5 of the Illinois Pension Code in |
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1 | lieu of receiving an annuity .
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2 | (q-2) "SERS" means the State Employees' Retirement System | ||||||
3 | of Illinois, created under Article 14 of the Illinois Pension | ||||||
4 | Code.
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5 | (q-3) "SURS" means the State Universities Retirement | ||||||
6 | System, created under Article 15 of the Illinois Pension Code.
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7 | (q-4) "TRS" means the Teachers' Retirement System of the | ||||||
8 | State of Illinois, created under Article 16 of the Illinois | ||||||
9 | Pension Code.
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10 | (q-5) (Blank).
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11 | (q-6) (Blank).
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12 | (q-7) (Blank).
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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 or | ||||||
11 | would be receiving such monthly benefit or retirement | ||||||
12 | annuity except that the benefit recipient elected on or | ||||||
13 | after June 4, 2018 to receive an accelerated pension | ||||||
14 | benefit payment under Section 16-190.5 of the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Pension Code in lieu of receiving an annuity ; and
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16 | (3) either (i) has at least 8 years of creditable | ||||||
17 | service under Article
16 of the Illinois Pension Code, or | ||||||
18 | (ii) was enrolled in the health insurance
program offered | ||||||
19 | under that Article on January 1, 1996, or (iii) is the | ||||||
20 | survivor
of a benefit recipient who had at least 8
years of | ||||||
21 | creditable service under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension | ||||||
22 | Code or
was enrolled in the health insurance program | ||||||
23 | offered under that Article on
the effective date of this | ||||||
24 | amendatory Act of 1995, or (iv) is a recipient or
survivor | ||||||
25 | of a recipient of a disability benefit under Article 16 of | ||||||
26 | the
Illinois Pension Code.
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1 | (w) "TRS dependent beneficiary" means a person who:
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2 | (1) is not a "member" or "dependent" as defined in this | ||||||
3 | Section; and
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4 | (2) is a TRS benefit recipient's: (A) spouse, (B) | ||||||
5 | dependent parent who
is receiving at least half of his or | ||||||
6 | her support from the TRS benefit
recipient, or (C) natural, | ||||||
7 | step, adjudicated, or adopted child who is (i) under age | ||||||
8 | 26, (ii) was, on January 1, 1996, participating as a | ||||||
9 | dependent
beneficiary in the health insurance program | ||||||
10 | offered under Article 16 of the
Illinois Pension Code, or | ||||||
11 | (iii) age 19 or over who has a mental or physical | ||||||
12 | disability from a cause originating prior to the age of 19 | ||||||
13 | (age 26 if enrolled as an adult child).
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14 | "TRS dependent beneficiary" does not include, as indicated | ||||||
15 | under paragraph (2) of this subsection (w), a dependent of the | ||||||
16 | survivor of a TRS benefit recipient who first becomes a | ||||||
17 | dependent of a survivor of a TRS benefit recipient on or after | ||||||
18 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | ||||||
19 | Assembly unless that dependent would have been eligible for | ||||||
20 | coverage as a dependent of the deceased TRS benefit recipient | ||||||
21 | upon whom the survivor benefit is based. | ||||||
22 | (x) "Military leave" refers to individuals in basic
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23 | training for reserves, special/advanced training, annual | ||||||
24 | training, emergency
call up, activation by the President of the | ||||||
25 | United States, or any other training or duty in service to the | ||||||
26 | United States Armed Forces.
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1 | (y) (Blank).
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2 | (z) "Community college benefit recipient" means a person | ||||||
3 | who:
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4 | (1) is not a "member" as defined in this Section; and
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5 | (2) is receiving a monthly survivor's annuity or | ||||||
6 | retirement annuity
under Article 15 of the Illinois Pension | ||||||
7 | Code or would be receiving such monthly survivor's annuity | ||||||
8 | or retirement annuity except that the benefit recipient | ||||||
9 | elected on or after June 4, 2018 to receive an accelerated | ||||||
10 | pension benefit payment under Section 15-185.5 of the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Pension Code in lieu of receiving an annuity ; and
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12 | (3) either (i) was a full-time employee of a community | ||||||
13 | college district or
an association of community college | ||||||
14 | boards created under the Public Community
College Act | ||||||
15 | (other than an employee whose last employer under Article | ||||||
16 | 15 of the
Illinois Pension Code was a community college | ||||||
17 | district subject to Article VII
of the Public Community | ||||||
18 | College Act) and was eligible to participate in a group
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19 | health benefit plan as an employee during the time of | ||||||
20 | employment with a
community college district (other than a | ||||||
21 | community college district subject to
Article VII of the | ||||||
22 | Public Community College Act) or an association of | ||||||
23 | community
college boards, or (ii) is the survivor of a | ||||||
24 | person described in item (i).
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25 | (aa) "Community college dependent beneficiary" means a | ||||||
26 | person who:
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1 | (1) is not a "member" or "dependent" as defined in this | ||||||
2 | Section; and
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3 | (2) is a community college benefit recipient's: (A) | ||||||
4 | spouse, (B) dependent
parent who is receiving at least half | ||||||
5 | of his or her support from the community
college benefit | ||||||
6 | recipient, or (C) natural, step, adjudicated, or adopted | ||||||
7 | child who is (i)
under age 26, or (ii)
age 19 or over and | ||||||
8 | has a mental or physical disability from a cause | ||||||
9 | originating prior to the age of 19 (age 26 if enrolled as | ||||||
10 | an adult child).
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11 | "Community college dependent beneficiary" does not | ||||||
12 | include, as indicated under paragraph (2) of this subsection | ||||||
13 | (aa), a dependent of the survivor of a community college | ||||||
14 | benefit recipient who first becomes a dependent of a survivor | ||||||
15 | of a community college benefit recipient on or after the | ||||||
16 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | ||||||
17 | Assembly unless that dependent would have been eligible for | ||||||
18 | coverage as a dependent of the deceased community college | ||||||
19 | benefit recipient upon whom the survivor annuity is based. | ||||||
20 | (bb) "Qualified child advocacy center" means any Illinois | ||||||
21 | child advocacy center and its administrative offices funded by | ||||||
22 | the Department of Children and Family Services, as defined by | ||||||
23 | the Children's Advocacy Center Act (55 ILCS 80/), approved by | ||||||
24 | the Director and participating in a program created under | ||||||
25 | subsection (n) of Section 10.
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26 | (cc) "Placement for adoption" means the assumption and |
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1 | retention by a member of a legal obligation for total or | ||||||
2 | partial support of a child in anticipation of adoption of the | ||||||
3 | child. The child's placement with the member terminates upon | ||||||
4 | the termination of such legal obligation. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-355, eff. 1-1-18; | ||||||
6 | 100-587, eff. 6-4-18.)
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7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
8 | becoming law.".
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