98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB6301

 

Introduced , by Rep. Raymond Poe

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/5.855 new
30 ILCS 105/5l new

    Amends the State Finance Act. Contains provisions concerning court ordered refunds of health insurance premiums paid by annuitants, survivors, or retired employees under the provisions of Public Act 97-695. Requires the Director of Central Management Services to certify to the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer the amount to be paid to each annuitant, survivor, or retired employee. Requires the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer to transfer the certified amount from the Health Insurance Reserve Fund to the State Retiree Health Insurance Premium Return Fund. Creates the State Retiree Health Insurance Premium Return Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, to refund health insurance premiums paid by annuitants, survivors, or retired employees as provided in the court order. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
5Sections 5.855 and 5l as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.855 new)
7    Sec. 5.855. The State Retiree Health Insurance Premium
8Return Fund.
 
9    (30 ILCS 105/5l new)
10    Sec. 5l. Refund of health insurance premiums. If the State
11is required, by court order, to refund health insurance
12premiums paid by annuitants, survivors, or retired employees
13under the provisions of Public Act 97-695, then, immediately
14upon issuance of that court order, the Director of Central
15Management Services shall certify to the State Comptroller and
16the State Treasurer the amount to be paid to each annuitant,
17survivor, or retired employee in order to comply with the court
18order. The Director of Central Management Services shall
19provide to the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer, upon
20their request, any information in his or her possession
21concerning health insurance premiums paid by those annuitants,
22survivors, or retired employees. Immediately upon receipt of

 

 

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1the certification, the State Comptroller shall order
2transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer the
3certified amount from the Health Insurance Reserve Fund to the
4State Retiree Health Insurance Premium Return Fund, a special
5fund created in the State treasury. Moneys in the State Retiree
6Health Insurance Premium Return Fund shall be used, subject to
7appropriation, to refund health insurance premiums paid by
8annuitants, survivors, or retired employees as provided in the
9court order. The State Retiree Health Insurance Premium Return
10Fund is not subject to sweeps, administrative charge-backs, or
11any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that would in any way
12transfer any amounts from the State Retiree Health Insurance
13Premium Return Fund into any other fund of the State.
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.