101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1586

 

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Omar Aquino

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the System to implement a defined contribution plan for employees of the Illinois State Board of Elections who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Provides that the defined contribution plan shall aggregate State and employee contributions in individual participant accounts that are used for payouts after retirement. Authorizes an eligible employee of the Illinois State Board of Elections to elect to participate in the defined contribution plan instead of the defined benefit plan and to also elect to terminate all participation in the defined benefit plan and to have a specified amount credited to his or her account. Provides that State contributions shall be paid into the accounts of participants in the defined contribution plan at a rate of 3% of compensation and that State contributions, and the earnings thereon, shall vest when those contributions are paid into the participant's account. Provides that employee contributions shall be paid at a rate of 3% of compensation. Contains provisions concerning investment options; defined disability benefits; notice to eligible employees; plan sponsor; reporting; and the intent of the amendatory Act. Excludes the defined contribution plan from the definition of "new benefit increase". Makes related changes in the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act (Article 20 of the Code) and the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT 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 State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971
5is amended by changing Sections 3 and 10 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 375/3)  (from Ch. 127, par. 523)
7    Sec. 3. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise
8requires, the following words and phrases as used in this Act
9shall have the following meanings. The Department may define
10these and other words and phrases separately for the purpose of
11implementing specific programs providing benefits under this
12Act.
13    (a) "Administrative service organization" means any
14person, firm or corporation experienced in the handling of
15claims which is fully qualified, financially sound and capable
16of meeting the service requirements of a contract of
17administration executed with the Department.
18    (b) "Annuitant" means (1) an employee who retires, or has
19retired, on or after January 1, 1966 on an immediate annuity
20under the provisions of Articles 2, 14 (including an employee
21who has elected to receive an alternative retirement
22cancellation payment under Section 14-108.5 of the Illinois
23Pension Code in lieu of an annuity; an employee who, in lieu of

 

 

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1receiving an annuity under that Article, has retired under the
2defined contribution plan established under Section 14-155.5
3of that Article; or an employee who meets the criteria for
4retirement, but in lieu of receiving an annuity under that
5Article has elected to receive an accelerated pension benefit
6payment under Section 14-147.5 of that Article), or 15
7(including an employee who has retired under the optional
8retirement program established under Section 15-158.2 or who
9meets the criteria for retirement but in lieu of receiving an
10annuity under that Article has elected to receive an
11accelerated pension benefit payment under Section 15-185.5 of
12the Article), paragraphs (2), (3), or (5) of Section 16-106
13(including an employee who meets the criteria for retirement,
14but in lieu of receiving an annuity under that Article has
15elected to receive an accelerated pension benefit payment under
16Section 16-190.5 of the Illinois Pension Code), or Article 18
17of the Illinois Pension Code; (2) any person who was receiving
18group insurance coverage under this Act as of March 31, 1978 by
19reason of his status as an annuitant, even though the annuity
20in relation to which such coverage was provided is a
21proportional annuity based on less than the minimum period of
22service required for a retirement annuity in the system
23involved; (3) any person not otherwise covered by this Act who
24has retired as a participating member under Article 2 of the
25Illinois Pension Code but is ineligible for the retirement
26annuity under Section 2-119 of the Illinois Pension Code; (4)

 

 

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1the spouse of any person who is receiving a retirement annuity
2under Article 18 of the Illinois Pension Code and who is
3covered under a group health insurance program sponsored by a
4governmental employer other than the State of Illinois and who
5has irrevocably elected to waive his or her coverage under this
6Act and to have his or her spouse considered as the "annuitant"
7under this Act and not as a "dependent"; or (5) an employee who
8retires, or has retired, from a qualified position, as
9determined according to rules promulgated by the Director,
10under a qualified local government, a qualified rehabilitation
11facility, a qualified domestic violence shelter or service, or
12a qualified child advocacy center. (For definition of "retired
13employee", see (p) post).
14    (b-5) (Blank).
15    (b-6) (Blank).
16    (b-7) (Blank).
17    (c) "Carrier" means (1) an insurance company, a corporation
18organized under the Limited Health Service Organization Act or
19the Voluntary Health Services Plan Act, a partnership, or other
20nongovernmental organization, which is authorized to do group
21life or group health insurance business in Illinois, or (2) the
22State of Illinois as a self-insurer.
23    (d) "Compensation" means salary or wages payable on a
24regular payroll by the State Treasurer on a warrant of the
25State Comptroller out of any State, trust or federal fund, or
26by the Governor of the State through a disbursing officer of

 

 

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1the State out of a trust or out of federal funds, or by any
2Department out of State, trust, federal or other funds held by
3the State Treasurer or the Department, to any person for
4personal services currently performed, and ordinary or
5accidental disability benefits under Articles 2, 14, 15
6(including ordinary or accidental disability benefits under
7the optional retirement program established under Section
815-158.2), paragraphs (2), (3), or (5) of Section 16-106, or
9Article 18 of the Illinois Pension Code, for disability
10incurred after January 1, 1966, or benefits payable under the
11Workers' Compensation or Occupational Diseases Act or benefits
12payable under a sick pay plan established in accordance with
13Section 36 of the State Finance Act. "Compensation" also means
14salary or wages paid to an employee of any qualified local
15government, qualified rehabilitation facility, qualified
16domestic violence shelter or service, or qualified child
17advocacy center.
18    (e) "Commission" means the State Employees Group Insurance
19Advisory Commission authorized by this Act. Commencing July 1,
201984, "Commission" as used in this Act means the Commission on
21Government Forecasting and Accountability as established by
22the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984.
23    (f) "Contributory", when referred to as contributory
24coverage, shall mean optional coverages or benefits elected by
25the member toward the cost of which such member makes
26contribution, or which are funded in whole or in part through

 

 

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1the acceptance of a reduction in earnings or the foregoing of
2an increase in earnings by an employee, as distinguished from
3noncontributory coverage or benefits which are paid entirely by
4the State of Illinois without reduction of the member's salary.
5    (g) "Department" means any department, institution, board,
6commission, officer, court or any agency of the State
7government receiving appropriations and having power to
8certify payrolls to the Comptroller authorizing payments of
9salary and wages against such appropriations as are made by the
10General Assembly from any State fund, or against trust funds
11held by the State Treasurer and includes boards of trustees of
12the retirement systems created by Articles 2, 14, 15, 16 and 18
13of the Illinois Pension Code. "Department" also includes the
14Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Board, the Board of
15Examiners established under the Illinois Public Accounting
16Act, and the Illinois Finance Authority.
17    (h) "Dependent", when the term is used in the context of
18the health and life plan, means a member's spouse and any child
19(1) from birth to age 26 including an adopted child, a child
20who lives with the member from the time of the placement for
21adoption until entry of an order of adoption, a stepchild or
22adjudicated child, or a child who lives with the member if such
23member is a court appointed guardian of the child or (2) age 19
24or over who has a mental or physical disability from a cause
25originating prior to the age of 19 (age 26 if enrolled as an
26adult child dependent). For the health plan only, the term

 

 

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1"dependent" also includes (1) any person enrolled prior to the
2effective date of this Section who is dependent upon the member
3to the extent that the member may claim such person as a
4dependent for income tax deduction purposes and (2) any person
5who has received after June 30, 2000 an organ transplant and
6who is financially dependent upon the member and eligible to be
7claimed as a dependent for income tax purposes. A member
8requesting to cover any dependent must provide documentation as
9requested by the Department of Central Management Services and
10file with the Department any and all forms required by the
11Department.
12    (i) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois
13Department of Central Management Services.
14    (j) "Eligibility period" means the period of time a member
15has to elect enrollment in programs or to select benefits
16without regard to age, sex or health.
17    (k) "Employee" means and includes each officer or employee
18in the service of a department who (1) receives his
19compensation for service rendered to the department on a
20warrant issued pursuant to a payroll certified by a department
21or on a warrant or check issued and drawn by a department upon
22a trust, federal or other fund or on a warrant issued pursuant
23to a payroll certified by an elected or duly appointed officer
24of the State or who receives payment of the performance of
25personal services on a warrant issued pursuant to a payroll
26certified by a Department and drawn by the Comptroller upon the

 

 

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1State Treasurer against appropriations made by the General
2Assembly from any fund or against trust funds held by the State
3Treasurer, and (2) is employed full-time or part-time in a
4position normally requiring actual performance of duty during
5not less than 1/2 of a normal work period, as established by
6the Director in cooperation with each department, except that
7persons elected by popular vote will be considered employees
8during the entire term for which they are elected regardless of
9hours devoted to the service of the State, and (3) except that
10"employee" does not include any person who is not eligible by
11reason of such person's employment to participate in one of the
12State retirement systems under Articles 2, 14, 15 (either the
13regular Article 15 system or the optional retirement program
14established under Section 15-158.2) or 18, or under paragraph
15(2), (3), or (5) of Section 16-106, of the Illinois Pension
16Code, but such term does include persons who are employed
17during the 6 month qualifying period under Article 14 of the
18Illinois Pension Code. Such term also includes any person who
19(1) after January 1, 1966, is receiving ordinary or accidental
20disability benefits under Articles 2, 14, 15 (including
21ordinary or accidental disability benefits under the optional
22retirement program established under Section 15-158.2),
23paragraphs (2), (3), or (5) of Section 16-106, or Article 18 of
24the Illinois Pension Code, for disability incurred after
25January 1, 1966, (2) receives total permanent or total
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1Occupational Disease Act as a result of injuries sustained or
2illness contracted in the course of employment with the State
3of Illinois, or (3) is not otherwise covered under this Act and
4has retired as a participating member under Article 2 of the
5Illinois Pension Code but is ineligible for the retirement
6annuity under Section 2-119 of the Illinois Pension Code.
7However, a person who satisfies the criteria of the foregoing
8definition of "employee" except that such person is made
9ineligible to participate in the State Universities Retirement
10System by clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the
11Illinois Pension Code is also an "employee" for the purposes of
12this Act. "Employee" also includes any person receiving or
13eligible for benefits under a sick pay plan established in
14accordance with Section 36 of the State Finance Act. "Employee"
15also includes (i) each officer or employee in the service of a
16qualified local government, including persons appointed as
17trustees of sanitary districts regardless of hours devoted to
18the service of the sanitary district, (ii) each employee in the
19service of a qualified rehabilitation facility, (iii) each
20full-time employee in the service of a qualified domestic
21violence shelter or service, and (iv) each full-time employee
22in the service of a qualified child advocacy center, as
23determined according to rules promulgated by the Director.
24    (l) "Member" means an employee, annuitant, retired
25employee or survivor. In the case of an annuitant or retired
26employee who first becomes an annuitant or retired employee on

 

 

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1or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
2General Assembly, the individual must meet the minimum vesting
3requirements of the applicable retirement system in order to be
4eligible for group insurance benefits under that system. In the
5case of a survivor who first becomes a survivor on or after the
6effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
7Assembly, the deceased employee, annuitant, or retired
8employee upon whom the annuity is based must have been eligible
9to participate in the group insurance system under the
10applicable retirement system in order for the survivor to be
11eligible for group insurance benefits under that system.
12    (m) "Optional coverages or benefits" means those coverages
13or benefits available to the member on his or her voluntary
14election, and at his or her own expense.
15    (n) "Program" means the group life insurance, health
16benefits and other employee benefits designed and contracted
17for by the Director under this Act.
18    (o) "Health plan" means a health benefits program offered
19by the State of Illinois for persons eligible for the plan.
20    (p) "Retired employee" means any person who would be an
21annuitant as that term is defined herein but for the fact that
22such person retired prior to January 1, 1966. Such term also
23includes any person formerly employed by the University of
24Illinois in the Cooperative Extension Service who would be an
25annuitant but for the fact that such person was made ineligible
26to participate in the State Universities Retirement System by

 

 

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1clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the Illinois
2Pension Code.
3    (q) "Survivor" means a person receiving an annuity as a
4survivor of an employee or of an annuitant. "Survivor" also
5includes: (1) the surviving dependent of a person who satisfies
6the definition of "employee" except that such person is made
7ineligible to participate in the State Universities Retirement
8System by clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the
9Illinois Pension Code; (2) the surviving dependent of any
10person formerly employed by the University of Illinois in the
11Cooperative Extension Service who would be an annuitant except
12for the fact that such person was made ineligible to
13participate in the State Universities Retirement System by
14clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the Illinois
15Pension Code; and (3) the surviving dependent of a person who
16was an annuitant under this Act by virtue of receiving an
17alternative retirement cancellation payment under Section
1814-108.5 of the Illinois Pension Code.
19    (q-2) "SERS" means the State Employees' Retirement System
20of Illinois, created under Article 14 of the Illinois Pension
21Code.
22    (q-3) "SURS" means the State Universities Retirement
23System, created under Article 15 of the Illinois Pension Code.
24    (q-4) "TRS" means the Teachers' Retirement System of the
25State of Illinois, created under Article 16 of the Illinois
26Pension Code.

 

 

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1    (q-5) (Blank).
2    (q-6) (Blank).
3    (q-7) (Blank).
4    (r) "Medical services" means the services provided within
5the scope of their licenses by practitioners in all categories
6licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
7    (s) "Unit of local government" means any county,
8municipality, township, school district (including a
9combination of school districts under the Intergovernmental
10Cooperation Act), special district or other unit, designated as
11a unit of local government by law, which exercises limited
12governmental powers or powers in respect to limited
13governmental subjects, any not-for-profit association with a
14membership that primarily includes townships and township
15officials, that has duties that include provision of research
16service, dissemination of information, and other acts for the
17purpose of improving township government, and that is funded
18wholly or partly in accordance with Section 85-15 of the
19Township Code; any not-for-profit corporation or association,
20with a membership consisting primarily of municipalities, that
21operates its own utility system, and provides research,
22training, dissemination of information, or other acts to
23promote cooperation between and among municipalities that
24provide utility services and for the advancement of the goals
25and purposes of its membership; the Southern Illinois
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1education institutions in Southern Illinois; the Illinois
2Association of Park Districts; and any hospital provider that
3is owned by a county that has 100 or fewer hospital beds and
4has not already joined the program. "Qualified local
5government" means a unit of local government approved by the
6Director and participating in a program created under
7subsection (i) of Section 10 of this Act.
8    (t) "Qualified rehabilitation facility" means any
9not-for-profit organization that is accredited by the
10Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities or
11certified by the Department of Human Services (as successor to
12the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
13Disabilities) to provide services to persons with disabilities
14and which receives funds from the State of Illinois for
15providing those services, approved by the Director and
16participating in a program created under subsection (j) of
17Section 10 of this Act.
18    (u) "Qualified domestic violence shelter or service" means
19any Illinois domestic violence shelter or service and its
20administrative offices funded by the Department of Human
21Services (as successor to the Illinois Department of Public
22Aid), approved by the Director and participating in a program
23created under subsection (k) of Section 10.
24    (v) "TRS benefit recipient" means a person who:
25        (1) is not a "member" as defined in this Section; and
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1    annuity under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code; and
2        (3) either (i) has at least 8 years of creditable
3    service under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code, or
4    (ii) was enrolled in the health insurance program offered
5    under that Article on January 1, 1996, or (iii) is the
6    survivor of a benefit recipient who had at least 8 years of
7    creditable service under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension
8    Code or was enrolled in the health insurance program
9    offered under that Article on the effective date of this
10    amendatory Act of 1995, or (iv) is a recipient or survivor
11    of a recipient of a disability benefit under Article 16 of
12    the Illinois Pension Code.
13    (w) "TRS dependent beneficiary" means a person who:
14        (1) is not a "member" or "dependent" as defined in this
15    Section; and
16        (2) is a TRS benefit recipient's: (A) spouse, (B)
17    dependent parent who is receiving at least half of his or
18    her support from the TRS benefit recipient, or (C) natural,
19    step, adjudicated, or adopted child who is (i) under age
20    26, (ii) was, on January 1, 1996, participating as a
21    dependent beneficiary in the health insurance program
22    offered under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code, or
23    (iii) age 19 or over who has a mental or physical
24    disability from a cause originating prior to the age of 19
25    (age 26 if enrolled as an adult child).
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1under paragraph (2) of this subsection (w), a dependent of the
2survivor of a TRS benefit recipient who first becomes a
3dependent of a survivor of a TRS benefit recipient on or after
4the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
5Assembly unless that dependent would have been eligible for
6coverage as a dependent of the deceased TRS benefit recipient
7upon whom the survivor benefit is based.
8    (x) "Military leave" refers to individuals in basic
9training for reserves, special/advanced training, annual
10training, emergency call up, activation by the President of the
11United States, or any other training or duty in service to the
12United States Armed Forces.
13    (y) (Blank).
14    (z) "Community college benefit recipient" means a person
15who:
16        (1) is not a "member" as defined in this Section; and
17        (2) is receiving a monthly survivor's annuity or
18    retirement annuity under Article 15 of the Illinois Pension
19    Code; and
20        (3) either (i) was a full-time employee of a community
21    college district or an association of community college
22    boards created under the Public Community College Act
23    (other than an employee whose last employer under Article
24    15 of the Illinois Pension Code was a community college
25    district subject to Article VII of the Public Community
26    College Act) and was eligible to participate in a group

 

 

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1    health benefit plan as an employee during the time of
2    employment with a community college district (other than a
3    community college district subject to Article VII of the
4    Public Community College Act) or an association of
5    community college boards, or (ii) is the survivor of a
6    person described in item (i).
7    (aa) "Community college dependent beneficiary" means a
8person who:
9        (1) is not a "member" or "dependent" as defined in this
10    Section; and
11        (2) is a community college benefit recipient's: (A)
12    spouse, (B) dependent parent who is receiving at least half
13    of his or her support from the community college benefit
14    recipient, or (C) natural, step, adjudicated, or adopted
15    child who is (i) under age 26, or (ii) age 19 or over and
16    has a mental or physical disability from a cause
17    originating prior to the age of 19 (age 26 if enrolled as
18    an adult child).
19    "Community college dependent beneficiary" does not
20include, as indicated under paragraph (2) of this subsection
21(aa), a dependent of the survivor of a community college
22benefit recipient who first becomes a dependent of a survivor
23of a community college benefit recipient on or after the
24effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
25Assembly unless that dependent would have been eligible for
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1benefit recipient upon whom the survivor annuity is based.
2    (bb) "Qualified child advocacy center" means any Illinois
3child advocacy center and its administrative offices funded by
4the Department of Children and Family Services, as defined by
5the Children's Advocacy Center Act (55 ILCS 80/), approved by
6the Director and participating in a program created under
7subsection (n) of Section 10.
8    (cc) "Placement for adoption" means the assumption and
9retention by a member of a legal obligation for total or
10partial support of a child in anticipation of adoption of the
11child. The child's placement with the member terminates upon
12the termination of such legal obligation.
13(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-355, eff. 1-1-18;
14100-587, eff. 6-4-18.)
 
15    (5 ILCS 375/10)  (from Ch. 127, par. 530)
16    Sec. 10. Contributions by the State and members.
17    (a) The State shall pay the cost of basic non-contributory
18group life insurance and, subject to member paid contributions
19set by the Department or required by this Section and except as
20provided in this Section, the basic program of group health
21benefits on each eligible member, except a member, not
22otherwise covered by this Act, who has retired as a
23participating member under Article 2 of the Illinois Pension
24Code but is ineligible for the retirement annuity under Section
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1member's and retired member's premiums for health insurance
2coverage for enrolled dependents as provided by Section 9. The
3State shall pay the cost of the basic program of group health
4benefits only after benefits are reduced by the amount of
5benefits covered by Medicare for all members and dependents who
6are eligible for benefits under Social Security or the Railroad
7Retirement system or who had sufficient Medicare-covered
8government employment, except that such reduction in benefits
9shall apply only to those members and dependents who (1) first
10become eligible for such Medicare coverage on or after July 1,
111992; or (2) are Medicare-eligible members or dependents of a
12local government unit which began participation in the program
13on or after July 1, 1992; or (3) remain eligible for, but no
14longer receive Medicare coverage which they had been receiving
15on or after July 1, 1992. The Department may determine the
16aggregate level of the State's contribution on the basis of
17actual cost of medical services adjusted for age, sex or
18geographic or other demographic characteristics which affect
19the costs of such programs.
20    The cost of participation in the basic program of group
21health benefits for the dependent or survivor of a living or
22deceased retired employee who was formerly employed by the
23University of Illinois in the Cooperative Extension Service and
24would be an annuitant but for the fact that he or she was made
25ineligible to participate in the State Universities Retirement
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1Illinois Pension Code shall not be greater than the cost of
2participation that would otherwise apply to that dependent or
3survivor if he or she were the dependent or survivor of an
4annuitant under the State Universities Retirement System.
5    (a-1) (Blank).
6    (a-2) (Blank).
7    (a-3) (Blank).
8    (a-4) (Blank).
9    (a-5) (Blank).
10    (a-6) (Blank).
11    (a-7) (Blank).
12    (a-8) Any annuitant, survivor, or retired employee may
13waive or terminate coverage in the program of group health
14benefits. Any such annuitant, survivor, or retired employee who
15has waived or terminated coverage may enroll or re-enroll in
16the program of group health benefits only during the annual
17benefit choice period, as determined by the Director; except
18that in the event of termination of coverage due to nonpayment
19of premiums, the annuitant, survivor, or retired employee may
20not re-enroll in the program.
21    (a-8.5) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory
22Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Director of Central
23Management Services shall, on an annual basis, determine the
24amount that the State shall contribute toward the basic program
25of group health benefits on behalf of annuitants (including
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1Retirement System, the State Employees' Retirement System of
2Illinois, the State Universities Retirement System, the
3Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, or the
4Judges Retirement System of Illinois and (ii) qualify as
5annuitants under subsection (b) of Section 3 of this Act),
6survivors (including individuals who (i) receive an annuity as
7a survivor of an individual who participated in the General
8Assembly Retirement System, the State Employees' Retirement
9System of Illinois, the State Universities Retirement System,
10the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, or
11the Judges Retirement System of Illinois and (ii) qualify as
12survivors under subsection (q) of Section 3 of this Act), and
13retired employees (as defined in subsection (p) of Section 3 of
14this Act). The remainder of the cost of coverage for each
15annuitant, survivor, or retired employee, as determined by the
16Director of Central Management Services, shall be the
17responsibility of that annuitant, survivor, or retired
18employee.
19    Contributions required of annuitants, survivors, and
20retired employees shall be the same for all retirement systems
21and shall also be based on whether an individual has made an
22election under Section 15-135.1 of the Illinois Pension Code.
23Contributions may be based on annuitants', survivors', or
24retired employees' Medicare eligibility, but may not be based
25on Social Security eligibility.
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1Director of Central Management Services shall certify in
2writing to the Executive Secretary of the State Employees'
3Retirement System of Illinois the amounts of the Medicare
4supplement health care premiums and the amounts of the health
5care premiums for all other retirees who are not Medicare
6eligible.
7    A separate calculation of the premiums based upon the
8actual cost of each health care plan shall be so certified.
9    The Director of Central Management Services shall provide
10to the Executive Secretary of the State Employees' Retirement
11System of Illinois such information, statistics, and other data
12as he or she may require to review the premium amounts
13certified by the Director of Central Management Services.
14    The Department of Central Management Services, or any
15successor agency designated to procure healthcare contracts
16pursuant to this Act, is authorized to establish funds,
17separate accounts provided by any bank or banks as defined by
18the Illinois Banking Act, or separate accounts provided by any
19savings and loan association or associations as defined by the
20Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 to be held by the
21Director, outside the State treasury, for the purpose of
22receiving the transfer of moneys from the Local Government
23Health Insurance Reserve Fund. The Department may promulgate
24rules further defining the methodology for the transfers. Any
25interest earned by moneys in the funds or accounts shall inure
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1transferred moneys, and interest accrued thereon, shall be used
2exclusively for transfers to administrative service
3organizations or their financial institutions for payments of
4claims to claimants and providers under the self-insurance
5health plan. The transferred moneys, and interest accrued
6thereon, shall not be used for any other purpose including, but
7not limited to, reimbursement of administration fees due the
8administrative service organization pursuant to its contract
9or contracts with the Department.
10    (a-10) To the extent that participation, benefits, or
11premiums under this Act are based on a person's service credit
12under an Article of the Illinois Pension Code, service credit
13terminated in exchange for an accelerated pension benefit
14payment under Section 14-147.5, 15-185.5, or 16-190.5 of that
15Code shall be included in determining a person's service credit
16for the purposes of this Act.
17    (a-15) For purposes of determining State contributions
18under this Section, service established under a defined
19contribution plan under Section 14-155.5 of the Illinois
20Pension Code shall be included in determining an employee's
21creditable service. Any credit terminated as part of a transfer
22of contributions to a defined contribution plan under Section
2314-155.5 of the Illinois Pension Code shall also be included in
24determining an employee's creditable service.
25    (b) State employees who become eligible for this program on
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1performance of duty not less than 1/2 of a normal work period
2but not equal to that of a normal work period, shall be given
3the option of participating in the available program. If the
4employee elects coverage, the State shall contribute on behalf
5of such employee to the cost of the employee's benefit and any
6applicable dependent supplement, that sum which bears the same
7percentage as that percentage of time the employee regularly
8works when compared to normal work period.
9    (c) The basic non-contributory coverage from the basic
10program of group health benefits shall be continued for each
11employee not in pay status or on active service by reason of
12(1) leave of absence due to illness or injury, (2) authorized
13educational leave of absence or sabbatical leave, or (3)
14military leave. This coverage shall continue until expiration
15of authorized leave and return to active service, but not to
16exceed 24 months for leaves under item (1) or (2). This
1724-month limitation and the requirement of returning to active
18service shall not apply to persons receiving ordinary or
19accidental disability benefits or retirement benefits through
20the appropriate State retirement system or benefits under the
21Workers' Compensation or Occupational Disease Act.
22    (d) The basic group life insurance coverage shall continue,
23with full State contribution, where such person is (1) absent
24from active service by reason of disability arising from any
25cause other than self-inflicted, (2) on authorized educational
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1    (e) Where the person is in non-pay status for a period in
2excess of 30 days or on leave of absence, other than by reason
3of disability, educational or sabbatical leave, or military
4leave, such person may continue coverage only by making
5personal payment equal to the amount normally contributed by
6the State on such person's behalf. Such payments and coverage
7may be continued: (1) until such time as the person returns to
8a status eligible for coverage at State expense, but not to
9exceed 24 months or (2) until such person's employment or
10annuitant status with the State is terminated (exclusive of any
11additional service imposed pursuant to law).
12    (f) The Department shall establish by rule the extent to
13which other employee benefits will continue for persons in
14non-pay status or who are not in active service.
15    (g) The State shall not pay the cost of the basic
16non-contributory group life insurance, program of health
17benefits and other employee benefits for members who are
18survivors as defined by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection
19(q) of Section 3 of this Act. The costs of benefits for these
20survivors shall be paid by the survivors or by the University
21of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service, or any combination
22thereof. However, the State shall pay the amount of the
23reduction in the cost of participation, if any, resulting from
24the amendment to subsection (a) made by this amendatory Act of
25the 91st General Assembly.
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1as a result of emergency appointments pursuant to Section 8b.8
2of the Personnel Code who are not considered employees under
3this Act shall be given the option of participating in the
4programs of group life insurance, health benefits and other
5employee benefits. Such persons electing coverage may
6participate only by making payment equal to the amount normally
7contributed by the State for similarly situated employees. Such
8amounts shall be determined by the Director. Such payments and
9coverage may be continued until such time as the person becomes
10an employee pursuant to this Act or such person's appointment
11is terminated.
12    (i) Any unit of local government within the State of
13Illinois may apply to the Director to have its employees,
14annuitants, and their dependents provided group health
15coverage under this Act on a non-insured basis. To participate,
16a unit of local government must agree to enroll all of its
17employees, who may select coverage under either the State group
18health benefits plan or a health maintenance organization that
19has contracted with the State to be available as a health care
20provider for employees as defined in this Act. A unit of local
21government must remit the entire cost of providing coverage
22under the State group health benefits plan or, for coverage
23under a health maintenance organization, an amount determined
24by the Director based on an analysis of the sex, age,
25geographic location, or other relevant demographic variables
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1shall not be required to enroll those of its employees who are
2covered spouses or dependents under this plan or another group
3policy or plan providing health benefits as long as (1) an
4appropriate official from the unit of local government attests
5that each employee not enrolled is a covered spouse or
6dependent under this plan or another group policy or plan, and
7(2) at least 50% of the employees are enrolled and the unit of
8local government remits the entire cost of providing coverage
9to those employees, except that a participating school district
10must have enrolled at least 50% of its full-time employees who
11have not waived coverage under the district's group health plan
12by participating in a component of the district's cafeteria
13plan. A participating school district is not required to enroll
14a full-time employee who has waived coverage under the
15district's health plan, provided that an appropriate official
16from the participating school district attests that the
17full-time employee has waived coverage by participating in a
18component of the district's cafeteria plan. For the purposes of
19this subsection, "participating school district" includes a
20unit of local government whose primary purpose is education as
21defined by the Department's rules.
22    Employees of a participating unit of local government who
23are not enrolled due to coverage under another group health
24policy or plan may enroll in the event of a qualifying change
25in status, special enrollment, special circumstance as defined
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1participating unit of local government may also elect to cover
2its annuitants. Dependent coverage shall be offered on an
3optional basis, with the costs paid by the unit of local
4government, its employees, or some combination of the two as
5determined by the unit of local government. The unit of local
6government shall be responsible for timely collection and
7transmission of dependent premiums.
8    The Director shall annually determine monthly rates of
9payment, subject to the following constraints:
10        (1) In the first year of coverage, the rates shall be
11    equal to the amount normally charged to State employees for
12    elected optional coverages or for enrolled dependents
13    coverages or other contributory coverages, or contributed
14    by the State for basic insurance coverages on behalf of its
15    employees, adjusted for differences between State
16    employees and employees of the local government in age,
17    sex, geographic location or other relevant demographic
18    variables, plus an amount sufficient to pay for the
19    additional administrative costs of providing coverage to
20    employees of the unit of local government and their
21    dependents.
22        (2) In subsequent years, a further adjustment shall be
23    made to reflect the actual prior years' claims experience
24    of the employees of the unit of local government.
25    In the case of coverage of local government employees under
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1determine for each participating unit of local government the
2maximum monthly amount the unit may contribute toward that
3coverage, based on an analysis of (i) the age, sex, geographic
4location, and other relevant demographic variables of the
5unit's employees and (ii) the cost to cover those employees
6under the State group health benefits plan. The Director may
7similarly determine the maximum monthly amount each unit of
8local government may contribute toward coverage of its
9employees' dependents under a health maintenance organization.
10    Monthly payments by the unit of local government or its
11employees for group health benefits plan or health maintenance
12organization coverage shall be deposited in the Local
13Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund.
14    The Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund is
15hereby created as a nonappropriated trust fund to be held
16outside the State Treasury, with the State Treasurer as
17custodian. The Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund
18shall be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year
19limitations. The Local Government Health Insurance Reserve
20Fund is not subject to administrative charges or charge-backs,
21including but not limited to those authorized under Section 8h
22of the State Finance Act. All revenues arising from the
23administration of the health benefits program established
24under this Section shall be deposited into the Local Government
25Health Insurance Reserve Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in
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1deposited into the Fund. All expenditures from this Fund shall
2be used for payments for health care benefits for local
3government and rehabilitation facility employees, annuitants,
4and dependents, and to reimburse the Department or its
5administrative service organization for all expenses incurred
6in the administration of benefits. No other State funds may be
7used for these purposes.
8    A local government employer's participation or desire to
9participate in a program created under this subsection shall
10not limit that employer's duty to bargain with the
11representative of any collective bargaining unit of its
12employees.
13    (j) Any rehabilitation facility within the State of
14Illinois may apply to the Director to have its employees,
15annuitants, and their eligible dependents provided group
16health coverage under this Act on a non-insured basis. To
17participate, a rehabilitation facility must agree to enroll all
18of its employees and remit the entire cost of providing such
19coverage for its employees, except that the rehabilitation
20facility shall not be required to enroll those of its employees
21who are covered spouses or dependents under this plan or
22another group policy or plan providing health benefits as long
23as (1) an appropriate official from the rehabilitation facility
24attests that each employee not enrolled is a covered spouse or
25dependent under this plan or another group policy or plan, and
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1rehabilitation facility remits the entire cost of providing
2coverage to those employees. Employees of a participating
3rehabilitation facility who are not enrolled due to coverage
4under another group health policy or plan may enroll in the
5event of a qualifying change in status, special enrollment,
6special circumstance as defined by the Director, or during the
7annual Benefit Choice Period. A participating rehabilitation
8facility may also elect to cover its annuitants. Dependent
9coverage shall be offered on an optional basis, with the costs
10paid by the rehabilitation facility, its employees, or some
11combination of the 2 as determined by the rehabilitation
12facility. The rehabilitation facility shall be responsible for
13timely collection and transmission of dependent premiums.
14    The Director shall annually determine quarterly rates of
15payment, subject to the following constraints:
16        (1) In the first year of coverage, the rates shall be
17    equal to the amount normally charged to State employees for
18    elected optional coverages or for enrolled dependents
19    coverages or other contributory coverages on behalf of its
20    employees, adjusted for differences between State
21    employees and employees of the rehabilitation facility in
22    age, sex, geographic location or other relevant
23    demographic variables, plus an amount sufficient to pay for
24    the additional administrative costs of providing coverage
25    to employees of the rehabilitation facility and their
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1        (2) In subsequent years, a further adjustment shall be
2    made to reflect the actual prior years' claims experience
3    of the employees of the rehabilitation facility.
4    Monthly payments by the rehabilitation facility or its
5employees for group health benefits shall be deposited in the
6Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund.
7    (k) Any domestic violence shelter or service within the
8State of Illinois may apply to the Director to have its
9employees, annuitants, and their dependents provided group
10health coverage under this Act on a non-insured basis. To
11participate, a domestic violence shelter or service must agree
12to enroll all of its employees and pay the entire cost of
13providing such coverage for its employees. The domestic
14violence shelter shall not be required to enroll those of its
15employees who are covered spouses or dependents under this plan
16or another group policy or plan providing health benefits as
17long as (1) an appropriate official from the domestic violence
18shelter attests that each employee not enrolled is a covered
19spouse or dependent under this plan or another group policy or
20plan and (2) at least 50% of the employees are enrolled and the
21domestic violence shelter remits the entire cost of providing
22coverage to those employees. Employees of a participating
23domestic violence shelter who are not enrolled due to coverage
24under another group health policy or plan may enroll in the
25event of a qualifying change in status, special enrollment, or
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1annual Benefit Choice Period. A participating domestic
2violence shelter may also elect to cover its annuitants.
3Dependent coverage shall be offered on an optional basis, with
4employees, or some combination of the 2 as determined by the
5domestic violence shelter or service. The domestic violence
6shelter or service shall be responsible for timely collection
7and transmission of dependent premiums.
8    The Director shall annually determine rates of payment,
9subject to the following constraints:
10        (1) In the first year of coverage, the rates shall be
11    equal to the amount normally charged to State employees for
12    elected optional coverages or for enrolled dependents
13    coverages or other contributory coverages on behalf of its
14    employees, adjusted for differences between State
15    employees and employees of the domestic violence shelter or
16    service in age, sex, geographic location or other relevant
17    demographic variables, plus an amount sufficient to pay for
18    the additional administrative costs of providing coverage
19    to employees of the domestic violence shelter or service
20    and their dependents.
21        (2) In subsequent years, a further adjustment shall be
22    made to reflect the actual prior years' claims experience
23    of the employees of the domestic violence shelter or
24    service.
25    Monthly payments by the domestic violence shelter or
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1deposited in the Local Government Health Insurance Reserve
2Fund.
3    (l) A public community college or entity organized pursuant
4to the Public Community College Act may apply to the Director
5initially to have only annuitants not covered prior to July 1,
61992 by the district's health plan provided health coverage
7under this Act on a non-insured basis. The community college
8must execute a 2-year contract to participate in the Local
9Government Health Plan. Any annuitant may enroll in the event
10of a qualifying change in status, special enrollment, special
11circumstance as defined by the Director, or during the annual
12Benefit Choice Period.
13    The Director shall annually determine monthly rates of
14payment subject to the following constraints: for those
15community colleges with annuitants only enrolled, first year
16rates shall be equal to the average cost to cover claims for a
17State member adjusted for demographics, Medicare
18participation, and other factors; and in the second year, a
19further adjustment of rates shall be made to reflect the actual
20first year's claims experience of the covered annuitants.
21    (l-5) The provisions of subsection (l) become inoperative
22on July 1, 1999.
23    (m) The Director shall adopt any rules deemed necessary for
24implementation of this amendatory Act of 1989 (Public Act
2586-978).
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1may apply to the Director to have its employees, annuitants,
2and their dependents provided group health coverage under this
3Act on a non-insured basis. To participate, a child advocacy
4center must agree to enroll all of its employees and pay the
5entire cost of providing coverage for its employees. The child
6advocacy center shall not be required to enroll those of its
7employees who are covered spouses or dependents under this plan
8or another group policy or plan providing health benefits as
9long as (1) an appropriate official from the child advocacy
10center attests that each employee not enrolled is a covered
11spouse or dependent under this plan or another group policy or
12plan and (2) at least 50% of the employees are enrolled and the
13child advocacy center remits the entire cost of providing
14coverage to those employees. Employees of a participating child
15advocacy center who are not enrolled due to coverage under
16another group health policy or plan may enroll in the event of
17a qualifying change in status, special enrollment, or special
18circumstance as defined by the Director or during the annual
19Benefit Choice Period. A participating child advocacy center
20may also elect to cover its annuitants. Dependent coverage
21shall be offered on an optional basis, with the costs paid by
22the child advocacy center, its employees, or some combination
23of the 2 as determined by the child advocacy center. The child
24advocacy center shall be responsible for timely collection and
25transmission of dependent premiums.
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1subject to the following constraints:
2        (1) In the first year of coverage, the rates shall be
3    equal to the amount normally charged to State employees for
4    elected optional coverages or for enrolled dependents
5    coverages or other contributory coverages on behalf of its
6    employees, adjusted for differences between State
7    employees and employees of the child advocacy center in
8    age, sex, geographic location, or other relevant
9    demographic variables, plus an amount sufficient to pay for
10    the additional administrative costs of providing coverage
11    to employees of the child advocacy center and their
12    dependents.
13        (2) In subsequent years, a further adjustment shall be
14    made to reflect the actual prior years' claims experience
15    of the employees of the child advocacy center.
16    Monthly payments by the child advocacy center or its
17employees for group health insurance shall be deposited into
18the Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund.
19(Source: P.A. 100-587, eff. 6-4-18.)
 
20    Section 10. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
21changing Sections 14-152.1, 20-121, 20-123, 20-124, and 20-125
22and by adding Section 14-155.5 as follows:
 
23    (40 ILCS 5/14-152.1)
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1increases.
2    (a) As used in this Section, "new benefit increase" means
3an increase in the amount of any benefit provided under this
4Article, or an expansion of the conditions of eligibility for
5any benefit under this Article, that results from an amendment
6to this Code that takes effect after June 1, 2005 (the
7effective date of Public Act 94-4). "New benefit increase",
8however, does not include any benefit increase resulting from
9the changes made to Article 1 or this Article by Public Act
1096-37, Public Act 100-23, Public Act 100-587, Public Act
11100-611, or this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly
12or this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
13    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or any
14subsequent amendment to this Code, every new benefit increase
15is subject to this Section and shall be deemed to be granted
16only in conformance with and contingent upon compliance with
17the provisions of this Section.
18    (c) The Public Act enacting a new benefit increase must
19identify and provide for payment to the System of additional
20funding at least sufficient to fund the resulting annual
21increase in cost to the System as it accrues.
22    Every new benefit increase is contingent upon the General
23Assembly providing the additional funding required under this
24subsection. The Commission on Government Forecasting and
25Accountability shall analyze whether adequate additional
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1shall report its analysis to the Public Pension Division of the
2Department of Insurance. A new benefit increase created by a
3Public Act that does not include the additional funding
4required under this subsection is null and void. If the Public
5Pension Division determines that the additional funding
6provided for a new benefit increase under this subsection is or
7has become inadequate, it may so certify to the Governor and
8the State Comptroller and, in the absence of corrective action
9by the General Assembly, the new benefit increase shall expire
10at the end of the fiscal year in which the certification is
11made.
12    (d) Every new benefit increase shall expire 5 years after
13its effective date or on such earlier date as may be specified
14in the language enacting the new benefit increase or provided
15under subsection (c). This does not prevent the General
16Assembly from extending or re-creating a new benefit increase
17by law.
18    (e) Except as otherwise provided in the language creating
19the new benefit increase, a new benefit increase that expires
20under this Section continues to apply to persons who applied
21and qualified for the affected benefit while the new benefit
22increase was in effect and to the affected beneficiaries and
23alternate payees of such persons, but does not apply to any
24other person, including without limitation a person who
25continues in service after the expiration date and did not
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1benefit increase was in effect.
2(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18;
3100-611, eff. 7-20-18; revised 7-25-18.)
 
4    (40 ILCS 5/14-155.5 new)
5    Sec. 14-155.5. Defined contribution plan for certain
6employees of the Illinois State Board of Elections.
7    (a) As used in this Section:
8    "Defined benefit plan" means the retirement plan available
9under this Article to members who have not made the election
10authorized under this Section.
11    "Eligible employee" means an employee of the Illinois State
12Board of Elections who is not covered by a collective
13bargaining agreement.
14    (b) By July 1, 2020, the System shall prepare and implement
15a defined contribution plan for eligible employees. The defined
16contribution plan developed under this Section shall be a plan
17that aggregates State and employee contributions in individual
18participant accounts that, after meeting any other
19requirements, are used for payouts after retirement in
20accordance with this Section and any other applicable laws.
21        (1) With respect to service as an eligible employee, a
22    person who first becomes an eligible employee on or after
23    July 1, 2020 may elect, in writing, to participate in the
24    defined contribution plan instead of the defined benefit
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1        (2) A participant in the defined contribution plan
2    shall pay employee contributions at a rate of 3% of
3    compensation.
4        (3) State contributions shall be paid into the accounts
5    of all participants in the defined contribution plan at a
6    rate of 3% of compensation. State contributions, and the
7    earnings thereon, shall vest when the State contributions
8    are paid into the participant's account.
9        (4) The defined contribution plan may provide for
10    participants in the plan to be eligible for the defined
11    disability benefits available to other participants under
12    this Article. If it does, the System shall reduce the
13    employee contributions credited to the participant's
14    defined contribution plan account by an amount determined
15    by the System to cover the cost of offering such benefits.
16        (5) The defined contribution plan shall provide a
17    variety of options for investments. These options shall
18    include investments handled by the Illinois State Board of
19    Investment as well as private sector investment options.
20        (6) The defined contribution plan shall provide a
21    variety of options for payouts to participants in the
22    defined contribution plan who are no longer active in the
23    System and their survivors.
24        (7) To the extent authorized under federal law and as
25    authorized by the System, the plan shall allow former
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1    and State contributions, and the earnings thereon, from the
2    defined contribution plan into other qualified retirement
3    plans.
4        (8) The System shall reduce the employee contributions
5    credited to the member's defined contribution plan account
6    by an amount determined by the System to cover the cost of
7    offering these benefits and any applicable administrative
8    fees.
9    (c) Under the defined contribution plan, with respect to
10service as an eligible employee, an eligible employee may
11elect, in writing, to cease accruing benefits in the defined
12benefit plan and begin accruing benefits for future service in
13the defined contribution plan. The election to participate in
14the defined contribution plan with respect to service as an
15eligible employee is voluntary and irrevocable.
16        (1) Service credit under the defined contribution plan
17    may be used for determining retirement eligibility under
18    the defined benefit plan.
19        (2) The System shall make a good faith effort to
20    contact all eligible persons. The System shall mail
21    information describing the option to join the defined
22    contribution plan to each of these employees to his or her
23    last known address on file with the System. If the employee
24    is not responsive to other means of contact, it is
25    sufficient for the System to publish the details of the
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1        (3) Upon request for further information describing
2    the option, the System shall provide eligible employees
3    with information from the System before exercising the
4    option to join the plan, including information on the
5    impact to their benefits and service. The individual
6    consultation shall include projections of the member's
7    defined benefits at retirement or earlier termination of
8    service and the value of the member's account at retirement
9    or earlier termination of service. The System shall not
10    provide advice or counseling with respect to whether the
11    employee should exercise the option. The System shall
12    inform eligible employees that they may also wish to obtain
13    information and counsel relating to their option from any
14    other available source, including, but not limited to,
15    labor organizations, private counsel, and financial
16    advisors.
17    (d) An eligible employee who participated in the defined
18benefit plan before electing to participate in the defined
19contribution plan may irrevocably elect to terminate all
20participation in the defined benefit plan. Upon that election,
21the System shall transfer to the member's individual account an
22amount equal to the amount of contribution refund that the
23member would be eligible to receive if the member terminated
24employment on that date and elected a refund of contributions,
25including regular interest for the respective years. The System
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1with Internal Revenue Service guidelines, for purposes of
2funding the amount credited to the member's individual account.
3    (e) In no event shall the System, its staff, its authorized
4representatives, or the Board be liable for any information
5given to an employee under this Section. The System may
6coordinate with the Illinois Department of Central Management
7Services and other retirement systems administering a defined
8contribution plan to provide information concerning the impact
9of the defined contribution plan set forth in this Section.
10    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no
11person shall begin participating in the defined contribution
12plan until it has attained qualified plan status and received
13all necessary approvals from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
14    (g) The System shall report on its progress under this
15Section, including the available details of the defined
16contribution plan and the System's plans for informing eligible
17employees about the plan, to the Governor and the General
18Assembly on or before January 15, 2020.
19    (h) The Illinois State Board of Investment shall be the
20plan sponsor for the defined contribution plan established
21under this Section.
22    (i) The intent of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
23Assembly is to ensure that the State's normal cost of
24participation in the defined contribution plan is similar, and
25if possible equal, to the State's normal cost of participation
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1is necessary to ensure cost neutrality.
 
2    (40 ILCS 5/20-121)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-121)
3    (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
4which has been held unconstitutional)
5    Sec. 20-121. Calculation of proportional retirement
6annuities.
7    (a) Upon retirement of the employee, a proportional
8retirement annuity shall be computed by each participating
9system in which pension credit has been established on the
10basis of pension credits under each system. The computation
11shall be in accordance with the formula or method prescribed by
12each participating system which is in effect at the date of the
13employee's latest withdrawal from service covered by any of the
14systems in which he has pension credits which he elects to have
15considered under this Article. However, the amount of any
16retirement annuity payable under the self-managed plan
17established under Section 15-158.2 of this Code depends solely
18on the value of the participant's vested account balances and
19is not subject to any proportional adjustment under this
20Section.
21    (a-5) For persons who participate in a defined contribution
22plan established under Section 14-155.5 of this Code to whom
23the provisions of this Article apply, the pension credits
24established under the defined contribution plan may be
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1defined benefit retirement annuity that is payable by any other
2participating system.
3    (b) Combined pension credit under all retirement systems
4subject to this Article shall be considered in determining
5whether the minimum qualification has been met and the formula
6or method of computation which shall be applied, except as may
7be otherwise provided with respect to vesting in State or
8employer contributions in a defined contribution plan
9established under Section 14-155.5 of this Code. If a system
10has a step-rate formula for calculation of the retirement
11annuity, pension credits covering previous service which have
12been established under another system shall be considered in
13determining which range or ranges of the step-rate formula are
14to be applicable to the employee.
15    (c) Interest on pension credit shall continue to accumulate
16in accordance with the provisions of the law governing the
17retirement system in which the same has been established during
18the time an employee is in the service of another employer, on
19the assumption such employee, for interest purposes for pension
20credit, is continuing in the service covered by such retirement
21system.
22(Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
 
23    (40 ILCS 5/20-123)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-123)
24    (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
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1    Sec. 20-123. Survivor's annuity. The provisions governing
2a retirement annuity shall be applicable to a survivor's
3annuity. Appropriate credits shall be established for
4survivor's annuity purposes in those participating systems
5which provide survivor's annuities, according to the same
6conditions and subject to the same limitations and restrictions
7herein prescribed for a retirement annuity. If a participating
8system has no survivor's annuity benefit, or if the survivor's
9annuity benefit under that system is waived, pension credit
10established in that system shall not be considered in
11determining eligibility for or the amount of the survivor's
12annuity which may be payable by any other participating system.
13    For persons who participate in the self-managed plan
14established under Section 15-158.2 or the portable benefit
15package established under Section 15-136.4, pension credit
16established under Article 15 may be considered in determining
17eligibility for or the amount of the survivor's annuity that is
18payable by any other participating system, but pension credit
19established in any other system shall not result in any right
20to a survivor's annuity under the Article 15 system.
21    For persons who participate in a defined contribution plan
22established under Section 14-155.5 of this Code to whom the
23provisions of this Article apply, the pension credits
24established under the defined contribution plan may be
25considered in determining eligibility for or the amount of the
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1participating system, but pension credits established in any
2other system shall not result in any right to or increase in
3the value of a survivor's annuity under the defined
4contribution plan, which depends solely on the options chosen
5and the value of the participant's vested account balances and
6is not subject to any proportional adjustment under this
7Section.
8(Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
 
9    (40 ILCS 5/20-124)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-124)
10    (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
11which has been held unconstitutional)
12    Sec. 20-124. Maximum benefits.
13    (a) In no event shall the combined retirement or survivors
14annuities exceed the highest annuity which would have been
15payable by any participating system in which the employee has
16pension credits, if all of his pension credits had been
17validated in that system.
18    If the combined annuities should exceed the highest maximum
19as determined in accordance with this Section, the respective
20annuities shall be reduced proportionately according to the
21ratio which the amount of each proportional annuity bears to
22the aggregate of all such annuities.
23    (b) In the case of a participant in the self-managed plan
24established under Section 15-158.2 of this Code to whom the
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1        (i) For purposes of calculating the combined
2    retirement annuity and the proportionate reduction, if
3    any, in a retirement annuity other than one payable under
4    the self-managed plan, the amount of the Article 15
5    retirement annuity shall be deemed to be the highest
6    annuity to which the annuitant would have been entitled if
7    he or she had participated in the traditional benefit
8    package as defined in Section 15-103.1 rather than the
9    self-managed plan.
10        (ii) For purposes of calculating the combined
11    survivor's annuity and the proportionate reduction, if
12    any, in a survivor's annuity other than one payable under
13    the self-managed plan, the amount of the Article 15
14    survivor's annuity shall be deemed to be the highest
15    survivor's annuity to which the survivor would have been
16    entitled if the deceased employee had participated in the
17    traditional benefit package as defined in Section 15-103.1
18    rather than the self-managed plan.
19        (iii) Benefits payable under the self-managed plan are
20    not subject to proportionate reduction under this Section.
21    (c) In the case of a participant in a defined contribution
22plan established under Section 14-155.5 of this Code to whom
23the provisions of this Article apply:
24        (i) For purposes of calculating the combined
25    retirement annuity and the proportionate reduction, if
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1    payable under the defined contribution plan shall not be
2    considered.
3        (ii) For purposes of calculating the combined
4    survivor's annuity and the proportionate reduction, if
5    any, in a defined benefit survivor's annuity, any benefit
6    payable under the defined contribution plan shall not be
7    considered.
8        (iii) Benefits payable under a defined contribution
9    plan established under Section 14-155.5 of this Code are
10    not subject to proportionate reduction under this Section.
11(Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
 
12    (40 ILCS 5/20-125)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-125)
13    (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
14which has been held unconstitutional)
15    Sec. 20-125. Return to employment - suspension of benefits.
16If a retired employee returns to employment which is covered by
17a system from which he is receiving a proportional annuity
18under this Article, his proportional annuity from all
19participating systems shall be suspended during the period of
20re-employment, except that this suspension does not apply to
21any distributions payable under the self-managed plan
22established under Section 15-158.2 of this Code or under a
23defined contribution plan established under Section 14-155.5
24of this Code.
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1would be covered shall govern the determination of whether the
2employee has returned to employment, and if applicable the
3exemption of temporary employment or employment not exceeding a
4specified duration or frequency, for all participating systems
5from which the retired employee is receiving a proportional
6annuity under this Article, notwithstanding any contrary
7provisions in the other Articles governing such systems.
8(Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    5 ILCS 375/3from Ch. 127, par. 523
4    5 ILCS 375/10from Ch. 127, par. 530
5    40 ILCS 5/14-152.1
6    40 ILCS 5/14-155.5 new
7    40 ILCS 5/20-121from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-121
8    40 ILCS 5/20-123from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-123
9    40 ILCS 5/20-124from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-124
10    40 ILCS 5/20-125from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-125