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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, State employee health insurance coverage is 
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extended to the dependents of State employees under the State 
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Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Subsection (h) of Section 3 of that Act, 5 ILCS 
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375/3(h), defines "a dependent as a member's spouse and any 
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unmarried child (1) from
birth to age 19 including an adopted 
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child, a child who lives with the
member from the time of the 
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filing of a petition for adoption until entry
of an order of 
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adoption, a stepchild or recognized child who lives with the

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member in a parent-child relationship, or a child who lives 
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with the member
if such member is a court appointed guardian of 
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the child, or (2)
age 19 to 23 enrolled as a full-time student 
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in any accredited school,
financially dependent upon the 
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member, and eligible to be claimed as a
dependent for income 
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tax purposes, or (3) age 19 or over who is mentally
or 
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physically handicapped. For
the health plan only, the term 
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"dependent" also includes any person
enrolled prior to the 
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effective date of this Section who is dependent upon
the member 
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to the extent that the member may claim such person as a

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dependent for income tax deduction purposes; no other such

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person may be enrolled.
For the health plan only, the term 
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"dependent" also includes any person who
has received after 
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June 30, 2000 an organ transplant and who is financially

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dependent upon the member and eligible to be claimed as a 
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dependent for income
tax purposes"; and


 
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    WHEREAS,  The Department of Central Management Services, as 
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administrator of the State group insurance program, determines 
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who meets the statutory definition of a dependent; and


 
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    WHEREAS, The General Assembly, and all State employees, are 
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keenly interested in the fair and consistent administration of 
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the group insurance program, which the General Assembly 
 


 






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recognizes and intends as a valuable benefit of State 
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employment; therefore, be it



 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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this body requests that the Department of Central Management 
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Services report to the General Assembly by March 31, 2004 upon 
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the administration of the State employee group insurance 
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program with respect to dependent coverage, including (i) the 
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Department's criteria for determining dependent status; (ii) 
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the number of persons, by classification, rejected by the 
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Department as not meeting those dependent criteria during the 
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current fiscal year and fiscal year 2003; and (iii) the the 
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rules and procedure by which the Department's denial of 
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dependent status may be appealed; and be it further; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to 
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the Director of Central Management Services.