HR0677 LRB093 21255 JAM 47399 r

1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, State employee health insurance coverage is
3 extended to the dependents of State employees under the State
4 Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Subsection (h) of Section 3 of that Act, 5 ILCS
6 375/3(h), defines "a dependent as a member's spouse and any
7 unmarried child (1) from birth to age 19 including an adopted
8 child, a child who lives with the member from the time of the
9 filing of a petition for adoption until entry of an order of
10 adoption, a stepchild or recognized child who lives with the
11 member in a parent-child relationship, or a child who lives
12 with the member if such member is a court appointed guardian of
13 the child, or (2) age 19 to 23 enrolled as a full-time student
14 in any accredited school, financially dependent upon the
15 member, and eligible to be claimed as a dependent for income
16 tax purposes, or (3) age 19 or over who is mentally or
17 physically handicapped. For the health plan only, the term
18 "dependent" also includes any person enrolled prior to the
19 effective date of this Section who is dependent upon the member
20 to the extent that the member may claim such person as a
21 dependent for income tax deduction purposes; no other such
22 person may be enrolled. For the health plan only, the term
23 "dependent" also includes any person who has received after
24 June 30, 2000 an organ transplant and who is financially
25 dependent upon the member and eligible to be claimed as a
26 dependent for income tax purposes"; and
 
27     WHEREAS, The Department of Central Management Services, as
28 administrator of the State group insurance program, determines
29 who meets the statutory definition of a dependent; and
 
30     WHEREAS, The General Assembly, and all State employees, are
31 keenly interested in the fair and consistent administration of
32 the group insurance program, which the General Assembly

 

 

HR0677 - 2 - LRB093 21255 JAM 47399 r

1 recognizes and intends as a valuable benefit of State
2 employment; therefore, be it
 
3     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5 this body requests that the Department of Central Management
6 Services report to the General Assembly by March 31, 2004 upon
7 the administration of the State employee group insurance
8 program with respect to dependent coverage, including (i) the
9 Department's criteria for determining dependent status; (ii)
10 the number of persons, by classification, rejected by the
11 Department as not meeting those dependent criteria during the
12 current fiscal year and fiscal year 2003; and (iii) the the
13 rules and procedure by which the Department's denial of
14 dependent status may be appealed; and be it further; and be it
15 further
 
16     RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
17 the Director of Central Management Services.