Full Text of SB1711 97th General Assembly
SB1711sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. William R. Haine Filed: 3/8/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1711
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1711 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 | 5 | | is amended by changing Section 6.10 as follows:
| 6 | | (5 ILCS 375/6.10)
| 7 | | Sec. 6.10. Contributions to the Community College Health | 8 | | Insurance
Security Fund.
| 9 | | (a) Beginning January 1, 1999, every active contributor of | 10 | | the the State
Universities Retirement System (established | 11 | | under Article 15 of the Illinois
Pension Code) who (1) is a | 12 | | full-time employee of a community college district
(other than | 13 | | a community college district subject to Article VII of the | 14 | | Public
Community College Act)
or an association of community | 15 | | college boards and (2) is not an employee as
defined in Section | 16 | | 3 of this Act shall make contributions toward the cost of
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| 1 | | community college annuitant and survivor health benefits at the | 2 | | rate of 0.50%
of salary.
| 3 | | These contributions shall be deducted by the employer and | 4 | | paid to the State
Universities Retirement System as service | 5 | | agent for the Department of Central
Management Services. The | 6 | | System may use the same processes for collecting the
| 7 | | contributions required by this subsection that it uses to | 8 | | collect the
contributions received from those employees under | 9 | | Section 15-157 of the
Illinois Pension Code. An employer may | 10 | | agree to pick up or pay the
contributions required under this | 11 | | subsection on behalf of the employee;
such contributions shall | 12 | | be deemed to have been paid by the employee.
| 13 | | The State Universities Retirement System shall promptly | 14 | | deposit all moneys
collected under this subsection (a) into the | 15 | | Community College Health Insurance
Security Fund created in | 16 | | Section 6.9 of this Act. The moneys collected under
this | 17 | | Section shall be used only for the purposes authorized in | 18 | | Section 6.9 of
this Act and shall not be considered to be | 19 | | assets of the State Universities
Retirement System. | 20 | | Contributions made under this Section are not transferable
to | 21 | | other pension funds or retirement systems and are not | 22 | | refundable upon
termination of service.
| 23 | | (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, every community college | 24 | | district
(other than a community college district subject to | 25 | | Article VII of the Public
Community College Act) or association
| 26 | | of community college boards that is an employer under the State |
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| 1 | | Universities
Retirement System shall contribute toward the | 2 | | cost of the community college
health benefits provided under | 3 | | Section 6.9 of this Act an amount equal to 0.50%
of the salary | 4 | | paid to its full-time employees who participate in the State
| 5 | | Universities Retirement System and are not members as defined | 6 | | in Section 3 of
this Act.
| 7 | | These contributions shall be paid by the employer to the | 8 | | State Universities
Retirement System as service agent for the | 9 | | Department of Central Management
Services. The System may use | 10 | | the same processes for collecting the
contributions required by | 11 | | this subsection that it uses to collect the
contributions | 12 | | received from those employers under Section 15-155 of the
| 13 | | Illinois Pension Code.
| 14 | | The State Universities Retirement System shall promptly | 15 | | deposit all moneys
collected under this subsection (b) into the | 16 | | Community College Health Insurance
Security Fund created in | 17 | | Section 6.9 of this Act. The moneys collected under
this | 18 | | Section shall be used only for the purposes authorized in | 19 | | Section 6.9 of
this Act and shall not be considered to be | 20 | | assets of the State Universities
Retirement System. | 21 | | Contributions made under this Section are not transferable
to | 22 | | other pension funds or retirement systems and are not | 23 | | refundable upon
termination of service.
| 24 | | The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, or any | 25 | | successor agency designated to procure healthcare contracts | 26 | | pursuant to this Act, is authorized to establish funds, |
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| 1 | | separate accounts provided by any bank or banks as defined by | 2 | | the Illinois Banking Act, or separate accounts provided by any | 3 | | savings and loan association or associations as defined by the | 4 | | Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 to be held by the | 5 | | Director, outside the State treasury, for the purpose of | 6 | | receiving the transfer of moneys from the Community College | 7 | | Health Insurance Security Fund. The Department may promulgate | 8 | | rules further defining the methodology for the transfers. Any | 9 | | interest earned by moneys in the funds or accounts shall inure | 10 | | to the Community College Health Insurance Security Fund. The | 11 | | transferred moneys, and interest accrued thereon, shall be used | 12 | | exclusively for transfers to administrative service | 13 | | organizations or their financial institutions for payments of | 14 | | claims to claimants and providers under the self-insurance | 15 | | health plan. The transferred moneys, and interest accrued | 16 | | thereon, shall not be used for any other purpose including, but | 17 | | not limited to, reimbursement of administration fees due the | 18 | | administrative service organization pursuant to its contract | 19 | | or contracts with the Department.
| 20 | | (c) On or before November 15 of each year, the Board of | 21 | | Trustees of the
State Universities Retirement System shall | 22 | | certify to the Governor, the
Director of Central Management | 23 | | Services, and the State
Comptroller its estimate of the total | 24 | | amount of contributions to be paid under
subsection (a) of this | 25 | | Section for the next fiscal year. Beginning in fiscal year | 26 | | 2008, the amount certified shall be decreased or increased each |
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| 1 | | year by the amount that the actual active employee | 2 | | contributions either fell short of or exceeded the estimate | 3 | | used by the Board in making the certification for the previous | 4 | | fiscal year. The State Universities Retirement System shall | 5 | | calculate the amount of actual active employee contributions in | 6 | | fiscal years 1999 through 2005. Based upon this calculation, | 7 | | the fiscal year 2008 certification shall include an amount | 8 | | equal to the cumulative amount that the actual active employee | 9 | | contributions either fell short of or exceeded the estimate | 10 | | used by the Board in making the certification for those fiscal | 11 | | years. The certification
shall include a detailed explanation | 12 | | of the methods and information that the
Board relied upon in | 13 | | preparing its estimate. As soon as possible after the
effective | 14 | | date of this Section, the Board shall submit its estimate for | 15 | | fiscal
year 1999.
| 16 | | (d) Beginning in fiscal year 1999, on the first day of each | 17 | | month, or as
soon thereafter as may be practical, the State | 18 | | Treasurer and the State
Comptroller shall transfer from the | 19 | | General Revenue Fund to the Community
College Health Insurance | 20 | | Security Fund 1/12 of the annual amount appropriated
for that | 21 | | fiscal year to the State Comptroller for deposit into the | 22 | | Community
College Health Insurance Security Fund under Section | 23 | | 1.4 of the State Pension
Funds Continuing Appropriation Act.
| 24 | | (e) Except where otherwise specified in this Section, the | 25 | | definitions
that apply to Article 15 of the Illinois Pension | 26 | | Code apply to this Section.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-632, eff. 9-25-07.)".
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