97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1944

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/5-167.5  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-167.5
30 ILCS 805/8.35 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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1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5Section 5-167.5 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/5-167.5)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-167.5)
7    Sec. 5-167.5. Payments to city for annuitant health care;
8equality of coverage.
9    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "city annuitant"
10means a person receiving an age and service annuity, a widow's
11annuity, a child's annuity, or a minimum annuity under this
12Article as a direct result of previous employment by the City
13of Chicago ("the city").
14    (b) The board shall pay to the city, on behalf of the
15board's city annuitants who participate in any of the city's
16health care plans, the following amounts:
17        (1) From July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2008, $85 per
18    month for each such annuitant who is not eligible to
19    receive Medicare benefits and $55 per month for each such
20    annuitant who is eligible to receive Medicare benefits.
21        (2) From July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2013, $95 per
22    month for each such annuitant who is not eligible to
23    receive Medicare benefits and $65 per month for each such

 

 

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1    annuitant who is eligible to receive Medicare benefits.
2    The payments described in this subsection shall be paid
3from the tax levy authorized under Section 5-168; such amounts
4shall be credited to the reserve for group hospital care and
5group medical and surgical plan benefits, and all payments to
6the city required under this subsection shall be charged
7against it.
8    (c) The city health care plans referred to in this Section
9and the board's payments to the city under this Section are not
10and shall not be construed to be pension or retirement benefits
11for the purposes of Section 5 of Article XIII of the Illinois
12Constitution of 1970.
13    (d) Beginning January 1, 2012, retirees under this Article
14who participate in the city health care plans shall pay no
15higher premium or other cost, and shall receive no lower level
16of benefits, than the corresponding active employee
17participants in those plans with the same Medicare status. The
18city, a home rule unit, may not create or maintain any
19inequality in benefits or costs for retired and active
20participants in the city health care plans in a manner
21inconsistent with this subsection. This subsection is a
22limitation on the concurrent exercise of home rule power under
23subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
24Constitution.
25(Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02; 93-42, eff. 7-1-03.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
2Section 8.35 as follows:
 
3    (30 ILCS 805/8.35 new)
4    Sec. 8.35. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
5of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
6implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
7the 97th General Assembly.
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.