Full Text of HB5831 102nd General Assembly
HB5831 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB5831 Introduced 11/16/2022, by Rep. Michael T. Marron and Thomas M. Bennett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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5 ILCS 375/5 | from Ch. 127, par. 525 |
5 ILCS 375/6.5 |
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Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that if, on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Director of Central Management Services has procured fewer than 2 contracts that provide a program of group health benefits for annuitants or for TRS benefit recipients and their TRS dependent beneficiaries, then, as soon as possible after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Director shall procure additional contracts that provide a program of group health benefits for annuitants or for TRS benefit recipients and their TRS dependent beneficiaries so that there are at least 2 contracts that provide a program of group health benefits for the respective beneficiaries. Provides that thereafter, the Director shall ensure that there are at least 2 contracts procured that provide a program of group health benefits for annuitants and for TRS benefit recipients and their TRS dependent beneficiaries. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 | 5 | | is amended by changing Sections 5 and 6.5 as follows:
| 6 | | (5 ILCS 375/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 525)
| 7 | | Sec. 5. Employee benefits; declaration of State policy.
| 8 | | The General Assembly declares that it is the policy of the | 9 | | State and in the best interest of the State to assure quality | 10 | | benefits to members and their dependents under this Act. The | 11 | | implementation of this policy depends upon, among other | 12 | | things, stability and continuity of coverage, care, and | 13 | | services under benefit programs for members and their | 14 | | dependents. Specifically, but without limitation, members | 15 | | should have continued access, on substantially similar terms | 16 | | and conditions, to trusted family health care providers with | 17 | | whom they have developed long-term relationships through a | 18 | | benefit program under this Act. Therefore, the Director must | 19 | | administer this Act consistent with that State policy, but may | 20 | | consider affordability, cost of coverage and care, and | 21 | | competition among health insurers and providers. All contracts | 22 | | for provision of employee benefits, including those portions | 23 | | of any proposed collective bargaining agreement that would |
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| 1 | | require implementation through contracts entered into under | 2 | | this Act, are subject to the following requirements: | 3 | | (i) By April 1 of each year, the Director must report | 4 | | and provide information to the Commission concerning the | 5 | | status of the employee benefits program to be offered for | 6 | | the next fiscal year. Information includes, but is not | 7 | | limited to, documents, reports of negotiations, bid | 8 | | invitations, requests for proposals, specifications, | 9 | | copies of proposed and final contracts or agreements, and | 10 | | any other materials concerning contracts or agreements for | 11 | | the employee benefits program. By the first of each month | 12 | | thereafter, the Director must provide updated, and any | 13 | | new, information to the Commission until the employee | 14 | | benefits program for the next fiscal year is determined. | 15 | | In addition to these monthly reporting requirements, at | 16 | | any time the Commission makes a written request, the | 17 | | Director must promptly, but in no event later than 5 | 18 | | business days after receipt of the request, provide to the | 19 | | Commission any additional requested information in the | 20 | | possession of the Director concerning employee benefits | 21 | | programs. The Commission may waive any of the reporting | 22 | | requirements of this item (i) upon the written request by | 23 | | the Director. Any waiver granted under this item (i) must | 24 | | be in writing. Nothing in this item is intended to | 25 | | abrogate any attorney-client privilege.
| 26 | | (ii) Within 30 days after notice of the awarding or |
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| 1 | | letting of a contract has appeared in the Illinois | 2 | | Procurement Bulletin in accordance with subsection (b) of | 3 | | Section 15-25 of the Illinois Procurement Code, the | 4 | | Commission may request in writing from the Director and | 5 | | the Director shall promptly, but in no event later than 5 | 6 | | business days after receipt of the request, provide to the | 7 | | Commission information in the possession of the Director | 8 | | concerning the proposed contract. Nothing in this item is | 9 | | intended to waive or abrogate any privilege or right of | 10 | | confidentiality authorized by law. | 11 | | (iii) Except as otherwise provided in this item (iii), | 12 | | no contract subject to this Section may be entered into | 13 | | until the 30-day period described in item (ii) has | 14 | | expired, unless the Director requests in writing that the | 15 | | Commission waive the period and the Commission grants the | 16 | | waiver in writing. This item (iii) does not apply to any | 17 | | contract entered into after the effective date of this | 18 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly and through | 19 | | January 1, 2014 to provide a program of group health | 20 | | benefits for Medicare-primary members and their | 21 | | Medicare-primary dependents that is comparable in | 22 | | stability and continuity of coverage, care, and services | 23 | | to the program of health benefits offered to other members | 24 | | and their dependents under this Act. | 25 | | (iv) If the Director seeks to make any substantive | 26 | | modification to any provision of a proposed contract after |
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| 1 | | it is submitted to the Commission in accordance with item | 2 | | (ii), the modified contract shall be subject to the | 3 | | requirements of items (ii) and (iii) unless the Commission | 4 | | agrees, in writing, to a waiver of those requirements with | 5 | | respect to the modified contract.
| 6 | | (v) By the date of the beginning of the annual benefit | 7 | | choice period, the Director must transmit to the | 8 | | Commission a copy of each final contract or agreement for | 9 | | the employee benefits program to be offered for the next | 10 | | fiscal year. The annual benefit choice period for an | 11 | | employee benefits program must begin on May 1 of the | 12 | | fiscal year preceding the year for which the program is to | 13 | | be offered. If, however, in any such preceding fiscal year | 14 | | collective bargaining over employee benefit programs for | 15 | | the next fiscal year remains pending on April 15, the | 16 | | beginning date of the annual benefit choice period shall | 17 | | be not later than 15 days after ratification of the | 18 | | collective bargaining agreement.
| 19 | | (vi) The Director must provide the reports, | 20 | | information, and contracts required under items (i), (ii), | 21 | | (iv), and (v) by electronic or other means satisfactory to | 22 | | the Commission. Reports, information, and contracts in the | 23 | | possession of the Commission pursuant to items (i), (ii), | 24 | | (iv), and (v) are exempt from disclosure by the Commission | 25 | | and its members and employees under the Freedom of | 26 | | Information Act. Reports, information, and contracts |
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| 1 | | received by the Commission pursuant to items (i), (ii), | 2 | | (iv), and (v) must be kept confidential by and may not be | 3 | | disclosed or used by the Commission or its members or | 4 | | employees if such disclosure or use could compromise the | 5 | | fairness or integrity of the procurement, bidding, or | 6 | | contract process. Commission meetings, or portions of | 7 | | Commission meetings, in which reports, information, and | 8 | | contracts received by the Commission pursuant to items | 9 | | (i), (ii), (iv), and (v) are discussed must be closed if | 10 | | disclosure or use of the report or information could | 11 | | compromise the fairness or integrity of the procurement, | 12 | | bidding, or contract process.
| 13 | | All contracts entered into under this Section are subject | 14 | | to appropriation and shall comply with Section 20-60(b) of the | 15 | | Illinois Procurement Code (30 ILCS 500/20-60(b)).
| 16 | | The Director shall contract or otherwise make available | 17 | | group
life insurance, health benefits and other
employee | 18 | | benefits to eligible members and, where elected,
their | 19 | | eligible dependents. Any contract or, if
applicable, contracts | 20 | | or other arrangement for provision of benefits
shall be on | 21 | | terms consistent with State policy and
based on, but not | 22 | | limited to, such
criteria as administrative cost, service | 23 | | capabilities of the carrier
or other contractor and premiums, | 24 | | fees or charges as related to benefits.
| 25 | | If, on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 26 | | 102nd General Assembly, the Director has procured fewer than 2 |
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| 1 | | contracts that provide a program of group health benefits for | 2 | | annuitants, then, as soon as possible after the effective date | 3 | | of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the | 4 | | Director shall procure additional contracts that provide a | 5 | | program of group health benefits for annuitants so that there | 6 | | are at least 2 contracts that provide a program of group health | 7 | | benefits for annuitants. Thereafter, the Director shall ensure | 8 | | that there are at least 2 contracts procured that provide a | 9 | | program of group health benefits for annuitants. | 10 | | Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, by | 11 | | January 1, 2014, the Department of Central Management | 12 | | Services, in consultation with and subject to the approval of | 13 | | the Chief Procurement Officer, shall contract or make | 14 | | otherwise available a program of group health benefits for | 15 | | Medicare-primary members and their Medicare-primary | 16 | | dependents. The Director may procure a single contract or | 17 | | multiple contracts that provide a program of group health | 18 | | benefits that is comparable in stability and continuity of | 19 | | coverage, care, and services to the program of health benefits | 20 | | offered to other members and their dependents under this Act. | 21 | | The initial procurement of a contract or contracts under this | 22 | | paragraph is not subject to the provisions of the Illinois | 23 | | Procurement Code, except for Sections 20-60, 20-65, 20-70, and | 24 | | 20-160 and Article 50 of that Code, provided that the Chief | 25 | | Procurement Officer may, in writing with justification, waive | 26 | | any certification required under Article 50. |
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| 1 | | The Director may prepare and issue specifications
for | 2 | | group life insurance, health benefits, other employee benefits
| 3 | | and administrative services for the purpose of receiving | 4 | | proposals
from interested parties.
| 5 | | The Director is authorized to execute a contract, or
| 6 | | contracts, for the programs of group life insurance, health
| 7 | | benefits, other employee benefits and administrative services
| 8 | | authorized by this Act (including, without limitation, | 9 | | prescription drug benefits). All of the benefits provided | 10 | | under this Act may be
included in one or more contracts, or the | 11 | | benefits may be classified into
different types with each type | 12 | | included under one or more similar contracts
with the same or | 13 | | different companies.
| 14 | | The term of any contract may not extend beyond 5 fiscal | 15 | | years.
Upon recommendation of the Commission, the Director may | 16 | | exercise renewal
options of the same contract for up to a | 17 | | period of 5 years. Any
increases in premiums, fees or charges | 18 | | requested by a contractor whose
contract may be renewed | 19 | | pursuant to a renewal option contained therein,
must be | 20 | | justified on the basis of (1) audited experience data, (2)
| 21 | | increases in the costs of health care services provided under | 22 | | the contract,
(3) contractor performance, (4) increases in | 23 | | contractor responsibilities,
or (5) any combination thereof.
| 24 | | Any contractor shall agree to abide by all
requirements of | 25 | | this Act and Rules and Regulations promulgated and adopted
| 26 | | thereto; to submit such information and data as may from time |
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| 1 | | to time be
deemed necessary by the Director for effective | 2 | | administration of the
provisions of this Act and the programs | 3 | | established
hereunder, and to fully cooperate in any audit.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 98-19, eff. 6-10-13.)
| 5 | | (5 ILCS 375/6.5)
| 6 | | Sec. 6.5. Health benefits for TRS benefit recipients and | 7 | | TRS dependent
beneficiaries. | 8 | | (a) Purpose. It is the purpose of this amendatory Act of | 9 | | 1995 to transfer
the administration of the program of health | 10 | | benefits established for benefit
recipients and their | 11 | | dependent beneficiaries under Article 16 of the Illinois
| 12 | | Pension Code to the Department of Central Management Services.
| 13 | | (b) Transition provisions. The Board of Trustees of the | 14 | | Teachers'
Retirement System shall continue to administer the | 15 | | health benefit program
established under Article 16 of the | 16 | | Illinois Pension Code through December 31,
1995. Beginning | 17 | | January 1, 1996, the Department of Central Management Services
| 18 | | shall be responsible for administering a program of health | 19 | | benefits for TRS
benefit recipients and TRS dependent | 20 | | beneficiaries under this Section.
The Department of Central | 21 | | Management Services and the Teachers' Retirement
System shall | 22 | | cooperate in this endeavor and shall coordinate their | 23 | | activities
so as to ensure a smooth transition and | 24 | | uninterrupted health benefit coverage.
| 25 | | (c) Eligibility. All persons who were enrolled in the |
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| 1 | | Article 16 program at
the time of the transfer shall be | 2 | | eligible to participate in the program
established under this | 3 | | Section without any interruption or delay in coverage
or | 4 | | limitation as to pre-existing medical conditions. Eligibility | 5 | | to
participate shall be determined by the Teachers' Retirement | 6 | | System.
Eligibility information shall be communicated to the | 7 | | Department of Central
Management Services in a format | 8 | | acceptable to the Department.
| 9 | | Eligible TRS benefit recipients may enroll or re-enroll in | 10 | | the program of health benefits established under this Section | 11 | | during any applicable annual open enrollment period and as | 12 | | otherwise permitted by the Department of Central Management | 13 | | Services. A TRS benefit recipient shall not be deemed | 14 | | ineligible to participate solely by reason of the TRS benefit | 15 | | recipient having made a previous election to disenroll or | 16 | | otherwise not participate in the program of health benefits. | 17 | | A TRS dependent beneficiary who is a child age 19 or over | 18 | | and
mentally or physically disabled does not become ineligible | 19 | | to participate
by reason of (i) becoming ineligible to be | 20 | | claimed as a dependent for Illinois
or federal income tax | 21 | | purposes or (ii) receiving earned income, so long as
those | 22 | | earnings are insufficient for the child to be fully | 23 | | self-sufficient.
| 24 | | (d) Coverage. The level of health benefits provided under | 25 | | this Section
shall be similar to the level of benefits | 26 | | provided by the
program previously established under Article |
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| 1 | | 16 of the Illinois Pension Code.
| 2 | | Group life insurance benefits are not included in the | 3 | | benefits
to be provided to TRS benefit recipients and TRS | 4 | | dependent beneficiaries under
this Act.
| 5 | | The program of health benefits under this Section may | 6 | | include any or all of
the benefit limitations, including but | 7 | | not limited to a reduction in benefits
based on eligibility | 8 | | for federal Medicare benefits, that are provided under
| 9 | | subsection (a) of Section 6 of this Act for other health | 10 | | benefit programs under
this Act.
| 11 | | (e) Insurance rates and premiums. The Director shall | 12 | | determine the
insurance rates and premiums for TRS benefit | 13 | | recipients and TRS dependent
beneficiaries,
and shall present | 14 | | to the Teachers' Retirement System of
the State of Illinois, | 15 | | by April 15 of each calendar year, the rate-setting
| 16 | | methodology (including but not limited to utilization levels | 17 | | and costs) used
to determine the amount of the health care | 18 | | premiums.
| 19 | | For Fiscal Year 1996, the premium shall be equal to | 20 | | the premium actually
charged in Fiscal Year 1995; in | 21 | | subsequent years, the premium shall
never be lower than | 22 | | the premium charged in Fiscal Year 1995. | 23 | | For Fiscal Year
2003, the premium shall not exceed | 24 | | 110% of the premium actually charged in
Fiscal Year 2002. | 25 | | For Fiscal Year 2004, the premium shall not exceed | 26 | | 112% of
the premium actually charged in Fiscal Year 2003.
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| 1 | | For Fiscal Year 2005, the premium shall not exceed a | 2 | | weighted average of 106.6% of
the premium actually charged | 3 | | in Fiscal Year 2004.
| 4 | | For Fiscal Year 2006, the premium shall not exceed a | 5 | | weighted average of 109.1% of
the premium actually charged | 6 | | in Fiscal Year 2005.
| 7 | | For Fiscal Year 2007, the premium shall not exceed a | 8 | | weighted average of 103.9% of
the premium actually charged | 9 | | in Fiscal Year 2006.
| 10 | | For Fiscal Year 2008 and thereafter, the premium in | 11 | | each fiscal year shall not exceed 105% of
the premium | 12 | | actually charged in the previous fiscal year.
| 13 | | Rates and premiums may be based in part on age and | 14 | | eligibility for federal
medicare coverage. However, the cost | 15 | | of participation for a TRS dependent
beneficiary who is an | 16 | | unmarried child age 19 or over and mentally or physically
| 17 | | disabled shall not exceed the cost for a TRS dependent | 18 | | beneficiary who is
an unmarried child under age 19 and | 19 | | participates in the same major medical or
managed care | 20 | | program.
| 21 | | The cost of health benefits under the program shall be | 22 | | paid as follows:
| 23 | | (1) For a TRS benefit recipient selecting a managed | 24 | | care program, up to
75% of the total insurance rate shall | 25 | | be paid from the Teacher Health Insurance
Security Fund. | 26 | | Effective with Fiscal Year 2007 and thereafter, for a TRS |
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| 1 | | benefit recipient selecting a managed care program, 75% of | 2 | | the total insurance rate shall be paid from the Teacher | 3 | | Health Insurance
Security Fund.
| 4 | | (2) For a TRS benefit recipient selecting the major | 5 | | medical coverage
program, up to 50% of the total insurance | 6 | | rate shall be paid from the Teacher
Health Insurance | 7 | | Security Fund if a managed care program is accessible, as
| 8 | | determined by the Teachers' Retirement System. Effective | 9 | | with Fiscal Year 2007 and thereafter, for a TRS benefit | 10 | | recipient selecting the major medical coverage
program, | 11 | | 50% of the total insurance rate shall be paid from the | 12 | | Teacher
Health Insurance Security Fund if a managed care | 13 | | program is accessible, as
determined by the Department of | 14 | | Central Management Services.
| 15 | | (3) For a TRS benefit recipient selecting the major | 16 | | medical coverage
program, up to 75% of the total insurance | 17 | | rate shall be paid from the Teacher
Health Insurance | 18 | | Security Fund if a managed care program is not accessible, | 19 | | as
determined by the Teachers' Retirement System. | 20 | | Effective with Fiscal Year 2007 and thereafter, for a TRS | 21 | | benefit recipient selecting the major medical coverage
| 22 | | program, 75% of the total insurance rate shall be paid | 23 | | from the Teacher
Health Insurance Security Fund if a | 24 | | managed care program is not accessible, as
determined by | 25 | | the Department of Central Management Services.
| 26 | | (3.1) For a TRS dependent beneficiary who is Medicare |
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| 1 | | primary and enrolled in a managed care plan, or the major | 2 | | medical coverage program if a managed care plan is not | 3 | | available, 25% of the total insurance rate shall be paid | 4 | | from the Teacher Health Security Fund as determined by the | 5 | | Department of Central Management Services. For the purpose | 6 | | of this item (3.1), the term "TRS dependent beneficiary | 7 | | who is Medicare primary" means a TRS dependent beneficiary | 8 | | who is participating in Medicare Parts A and B.
| 9 | | (4) Except as otherwise provided in item (3.1), the
| 10 | | balance of the rate of insurance, including the entire | 11 | | premium of
any coverage for TRS dependent beneficiaries | 12 | | that has been elected, shall be
paid
by deductions | 13 | | authorized by the TRS benefit recipient to be withheld | 14 | | from his
or her monthly annuity or benefit payment from | 15 | | the Teachers' Retirement System;
except that (i) if the | 16 | | balance of the cost of coverage exceeds the amount of
the | 17 | | monthly annuity or benefit payment, the difference shall | 18 | | be paid directly
to the Teachers' Retirement System by the | 19 | | TRS benefit recipient, and (ii) all
or part of the balance | 20 | | of the cost of coverage may, at the school board's
option, | 21 | | be paid to the Teachers' Retirement System by the school | 22 | | board of the
school district from which the TRS benefit | 23 | | recipient retired, in accordance
with Section 10-22.3b of | 24 | | the School Code. The Teachers' Retirement System
shall | 25 | | promptly deposit all moneys withheld by or paid to it | 26 | | under this
subdivision (e)(4) into the Teacher Health |
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| 1 | | Insurance Security Fund. These
moneys shall not be | 2 | | considered assets of the Retirement System.
| 3 | | (5) If, for any month beginning on or after January 1, | 4 | | 2013, a TRS benefit recipient or TRS dependent beneficiary | 5 | | was enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B and such Medicare | 6 | | coverage was primary to coverage under this Section but | 7 | | payment for coverage under this Section was made at a rate | 8 | | greater than the Medicare primary rate published by the | 9 | | Department of Central Management Services, the TRS benefit | 10 | | recipient or TRS dependent beneficiary shall be eligible | 11 | | for a refund equal to the difference between the amount | 12 | | paid by the TRS benefit recipient or TRS dependent | 13 | | beneficiary and the published Medicare primary rate. To | 14 | | receive a refund pursuant to this subsection, the TRS | 15 | | benefit recipient or TRS dependent beneficiary must | 16 | | provide documentation to the Department of Central | 17 | | Management Services evidencing the TRS benefit recipient's | 18 | | or TRS dependent beneficiary's Medicare coverage and the | 19 | | amount paid by the TRS benefit recipient or TRS dependent | 20 | | beneficiary during the applicable time period. | 21 | | (f) Financing. Beginning July 1, 1995, all revenues | 22 | | arising from the
administration of the health benefit programs | 23 | | established under Article 16 of
the Illinois Pension Code or | 24 | | this Section shall be deposited into the
Teacher Health | 25 | | Insurance Security Fund, which is hereby created as a
| 26 | | nonappropriated trust fund to be held outside the State |
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| 1 | | Treasury, with the
State Treasurer as custodian. Any interest | 2 | | earned on moneys in the Teacher
Health Insurance Security Fund | 3 | | shall be deposited into the Fund.
| 4 | | Moneys in the Teacher Health Insurance Security
Fund shall | 5 | | be used only to pay the costs of the health benefit program
| 6 | | established under this Section, including associated | 7 | | administrative costs, and
the costs associated with the health | 8 | | benefit program established under Article
16 of the Illinois | 9 | | Pension Code, as authorized in this Section. Beginning
July 1, | 10 | | 1995, the Department of Central Management Services may make
| 11 | | expenditures from the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund | 12 | | for those costs.
| 13 | | After other funds authorized for the payment of the costs | 14 | | of the health
benefit program established under Article 16 of | 15 | | the Illinois Pension Code are
exhausted and until January 1, | 16 | | 1996 (or such later date as may be agreed upon
by the Director | 17 | | of Central Management Services and the Secretary of the
| 18 | | Teachers' Retirement System), the Secretary of the Teachers' | 19 | | Retirement System
may make expenditures from the Teacher | 20 | | Health Insurance Security Fund as
necessary to pay up to 75% of | 21 | | the cost of providing health coverage to eligible
benefit | 22 | | recipients (as defined in Sections 16-153.1 and 16-153.3 of | 23 | | the
Illinois Pension Code) who are enrolled in the Article 16 | 24 | | health benefit
program and to facilitate the transfer of | 25 | | administration of the health benefit
program to the Department | 26 | | of Central Management Services.
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| 1 | | The Department of Central Management Services, or any | 2 | | successor agency designated to procure healthcare contracts | 3 | | pursuant to this Act, is authorized to establish funds, | 4 | | separate accounts provided by any bank or banks as defined by | 5 | | the Illinois Banking Act, or separate accounts provided by any | 6 | | savings and loan association or associations as defined by the | 7 | | Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 to be held by the | 8 | | Director, outside the State treasury, for the purpose of | 9 | | receiving the transfer of moneys from the Teacher Health | 10 | | Insurance Security Fund. The Department may promulgate rules | 11 | | further defining the methodology for the transfers. Any | 12 | | interest earned by moneys in the funds or accounts shall inure | 13 | | to the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund. The transferred | 14 | | moneys, and interest accrued thereon, shall be used | 15 | | exclusively for transfers to administrative service | 16 | | organizations or their financial institutions for payments of | 17 | | claims to claimants and providers under the self-insurance | 18 | | health plan. The transferred moneys, and interest accrued | 19 | | thereon, shall not be used for any other purpose including, | 20 | | but not limited to, reimbursement of administration fees due | 21 | | the administrative service organization pursuant to its | 22 | | contract or contracts with the Department.
| 23 | | (g) Contract for benefits. The Director shall by contract, | 24 | | self-insurance,
or otherwise make available the program of | 25 | | health benefits for TRS benefit
recipients and their TRS | 26 | | dependent beneficiaries that is provided for in this
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| 1 | | The contract or other arrangement for the provision of these | 2 | | health
benefits shall be on terms deemed by the Director to be | 3 | | in the best interest of
the State of Illinois and the TRS | 4 | | benefit recipients based on, but not limited
to, such criteria | 5 | | as administrative cost, service capabilities of the carrier
or | 6 | | other contractor, and the costs of the benefits. | 7 | | If, on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 8 | | 102nd General Assembly, the Director has procured fewer than 2 | 9 | | contracts that provide a program of group health benefits for | 10 | | TRS benefit recipients and their TRS dependent beneficiaries, | 11 | | then, as soon as possible after the effective date of this | 12 | | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Director | 13 | | shall procure additional contracts that provide a program of | 14 | | group health benefits for TRS benefit recipients and their TRS | 15 | | dependent beneficiaries so that there are at least 2 contracts | 16 | | that provide a program of group health benefits for TRS | 17 | | benefit recipients and their TRS dependent beneficiaries. | 18 | | Thereafter, the Director shall ensure that there are at least | 19 | | 2 contracts procured that provide a program of group health | 20 | | benefits for TRS benefit recipients and their TRS dependent | 21 | | beneficiaries.
| 22 | | (g-5) Committee. A Teacher Retirement Insurance Program | 23 | | Committee shall be established, to consist of 10 persons | 24 | | appointed by the Governor.
| 25 | | The Committee shall convene at least 4 times each year, | 26 | | and shall consider and make recommendations on issues |
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| 1 | | affecting the program of health benefits provided under this
| 2 | | Section. Recommendations of the Committee shall be based on a | 3 | | consensus of the members of the Committee.
| 4 | | If the Teacher
Health Insurance Security Fund experiences | 5 | | a deficit balance based upon the contribution and subsidy | 6 | | rates established in this Section and Section 6.6 for Fiscal | 7 | | Year 2008 or thereafter, the Committee shall make | 8 | | recommendations for adjustments to the funding sources | 9 | | established under these Sections. | 10 | | In addition, the Committee shall identify proposed | 11 | | solutions to the funding shortfalls that are affecting the | 12 | | Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund, and it shall report | 13 | | those solutions to the Governor and the General Assembly | 14 | | within 6 months after August 15, 2011 (the effective date of | 15 | | Public Act 97-386). | 16 | | (h) Continuation of program. It is the intention of
the | 17 | | General Assembly that the program of health benefits provided | 18 | | under this
Section be maintained on an ongoing, affordable | 19 | | basis.
| 20 | | The program of health benefits provided under this Section | 21 | | may be amended by
the State and is not intended to be a pension | 22 | | or retirement benefit subject to
protection under Article | 23 | | XIII, Section 5 of the Illinois Constitution.
| 24 | | (i) Repeal. (Blank).
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 101-483, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21.)
| 26 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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