Full Text of HB2916 99th General Assembly
HB2916ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Robert F. Martwick Filed: 3/23/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2916
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2916 on page 2 by | 3 | | inserting immediately below line 22 the following:
| 4 | | "Section 10. The Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 17 as follows: | 6 | | (820 ILCS 320/17) | 7 | | Sec. 17. Reporting forms. | 8 | | (a) A person who qualified for benefits under subsections | 9 | | (a) and (b) of Section 10 of this Act (hereinafter referred to | 10 | | as "PSEBA recipient") shall be required to file a form with his | 11 | | or her employer as prescribed in this Section. The Commission | 12 | | on Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA) shall use | 13 | | the form created in this Act and prescribe the content of the | 14 | | report in cooperation with one statewide labor organization | 15 | | representing police, one statewide law enforcement | 16 | | organization, one statewide labor organization representing |
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| 1 | | firefighters employed by at least 100 municipalities in this | 2 | | State that is affiliated with the Illinois State Federation of | 3 | | Labor, one statewide labor organization representing | 4 | | correctional officers and parole agents that is affiliated with | 5 | | the Illinois State Federation of Labor, one statewide | 6 | | organization representing municipalities, and one regional | 7 | | organization representing municipalities. COGFA may accept | 8 | | comment from any source, but shall not be required to solicit | 9 | | public comment. Within 60 days after the effective date of this | 10 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, COGFA shall remit | 11 | | a copy of the form contained in this subsection to all | 12 | | employers subject to this Act and shall make a copy available | 13 | | on its website. | 14 | | "PSEBA RECIPIENT REPORTING FORM: | 15 | | Under Section 17 of the Public Safety Employee Benefits | 16 | | Act (820 ILCS 320/17), the Commission on Government | 17 | | Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA) is charged with | 18 | | creating and submitting a report to the Governor and the | 19 | | General Assembly setting forth information regarding | 20 | | recipients and benefits payable under the Public Safety | 21 | | Employee Benefits Act (Act). The Act requires employers | 22 | | providing PSEBA benefits to distribute this form to any | 23 | | former peace officer, firefighter, or correctional officer | 24 | | currently in receipt of PSEBA benefits. | 25 | | The responses to the questions below will be used by |
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| 1 | | COGFA to compile information regarding the PSEBA benefit | 2 | | for its report. The Act prohibits the release of any | 3 | | personal information concerning the PSEBA recipient and | 4 | | exempts the reported information from the requirements of | 5 | | the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). | 6 | | The Act requires the PSEBA recipient to complete this | 7 | | form and submit it to the employer providing PSEBA benefits | 8 | | within 60 days of receipt. If the PSEBA recipient fails to | 9 | | submit this form within 60 days of receipt, the employer is | 10 | | required to notify the PSEBA recipient of non-compliance | 11 | | and provide an additional 30 days to submit the required | 12 | | form. Failure to submit the form in a timely manner will | 13 | | result in the PSEBA recipient incurring responsibility for | 14 | | reimbursing the employer for premiums paid during the | 15 | | period the form is due and not filed. | 16 | | (1) PSEBA recipient's name: | 17 | | (2) PSEBA recipient's date of birth: | 18 | | (3) Name of the employer providing PSEBA benefits: | 19 | | (4) Date the PSEBA benefit first became payable: | 20 | | (5) What was the medical diagnosis of the injury | 21 | | that qualified you for the PSEBA benefit? | 22 | | (6) Are you currently employed with compensation? | 23 | | (7) If so, what is the name(s) of your current | 24 | | employer(s)? | 25 | | (8) Are you or your spouse enrolled in a health | 26 | | insurance plan provided by your current employer or |
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| 1 | | another source? | 2 | | (9) Have you or your spouse been offered or | 3 | | provided access to health insurance from your current | 4 | | employer(s)? | 5 | | If you answered yes to question 8 or 9, please provide | 6 | | the name of the employer, the name of the insurance | 7 | | provider(s), and a general description of the type(s) of | 8 | | insurance offered (HMO, PPO, HSA, etc.): | 9 | | (10) Are you or your spouse enrolled in a health | 10 | | insurance plan provided by a current employer of your | 11 | | spouse? | 12 | | (11) Have you or your spouse been offered or | 13 | | provided access to health insurance provided by a | 14 | | current employer of your spouse? | 15 | | If you answered yes to question 10 or 11, please | 16 | | provide the name of the employer, the name of the insurance | 17 | | provider, and a general description of the type of | 18 | | insurance offered (HMO, PPO, HSA, etc.) by an employer of | 19 | | your spouse:" | 20 | | COFGA shall notify an employer of its obligation to notify | 21 | | any PSEBA recipient receiving benefits under this Act of that | 22 | | recipient's obligation to file a report under this Section. A | 23 | | PSEBA recipient receiving benefits under this Act must complete | 24 | | and return this form to the employer within 60 days of receipt | 25 | | of such form. Any PSEBA recipient who has been given notice as |
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| 1 | | provided under this Section and who fails to timely file a | 2 | | report under this Section within 60 days after receipt of this | 3 | | form shall be notified by the employer that he or she has 30 | 4 | | days to submit the report or risk incurring the cost of his or | 5 | | her benefits provided under this Act. An employer may seek | 6 | | reimbursement for premium payments for a PSEBA recipient who | 7 | | fails to file this report with the employer 30 days after | 8 | | receiving this notice. The PSEBA recipient is responsible for | 9 | | reimbursing the employer for premiums paid during the period | 10 | | the report is due and not filed. Employers shall return this | 11 | | form to COGFA within 30 days after receiving the form from the | 12 | | PSEBA recipient. | 13 | | Any information collected by the employer under this | 14 | | Section shall be exempt from the requirements of the Freedom of | 15 | | Information Act except for data collected in the aggregate that | 16 | | does not reveal any personal information concerning the PSEBA | 17 | | recipient. | 18 | | By July 1 of every third odd-numbered year, beginning in | 19 | | 2017 2015 , employers subject to this Act must send the form | 20 | | contained in this subsection to all PSEBA recipients eligible | 21 | | for benefits under this Act. The PSEBA recipient must complete | 22 | | and return this form by September 1 of that year. Any PSEBA | 23 | | recipient who has been given notice as provided under this | 24 | | Section and who fails to timely file a completed form under | 25 | | this Section within 60 days after receipt of this form shall be | 26 | | notified by the employer that he or she has 30 days to submit |
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| 1 | | the form or risk incurring the costs of his or her benefits | 2 | | provided under this Act. The PSEBA recipient is responsible for | 3 | | reimbursing the employer for premiums paid during the period | 4 | | the report is due and not filed. The employer shall resume | 5 | | premium payments upon receipt of the completed form. Employers | 6 | | shall return this form to COGFA within 30 days after receiving | 7 | | the form from the PSEBA recipient. | 8 | | (b) An employer subject to this Act shall complete and file | 9 | | the form contained in this subsection. | 10 | | "EMPLOYER SUBJECT TO PSEBA REPORTING FORM: | 11 | | Under Section 17 of the Public Safety Employee Benefits | 12 | | Act (820 ILCS 320/17), the Commission on Government | 13 | | Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA) is charged with | 14 | | creating and submitting a report to the Governor and | 15 | | General Assembly setting forth information regarding | 16 | | recipients and benefits payable under the Public Safety | 17 | | Employee Benefits Act (Act). | 18 | | The responses to the questions below will be used by | 19 | | COGFA to compile information regarding the PSEBA benefit | 20 | | for its report. | 21 | | The Act requires all employers subject to the PSEBA Act | 22 | | to submit the following information within 120 days after | 23 | | receipt of this form. | 24 | | (1) Name of the employer: | 25 | | (2) The number of PSEBA benefit applications filed |
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| 1 | | under the Act during the reporting period provided in | 2 | | the aggregate and listed individually by name of | 3 | | applicant and date of application: | 4 | | (3) The number of PSEBA benefits and names of PSEBA | 5 | | recipients receiving benefits awarded under the Act | 6 | | during the reporting period provided in the aggregate | 7 | | and listed individually by name of applicant and date | 8 | | of application: | 9 | | (4) The cost of the health insurance premiums paid | 10 | | due to PSEBA benefits awarded under the Act during the | 11 | | reporting period provided in the aggregate and listed | 12 | | individually by name of PSEBA recipient: | 13 | | (5) The number of PSEBA benefit applications filed | 14 | | under the Act since the inception of the Act provided | 15 | | in the aggregate and listed individually by name of | 16 | | applicant and date of application: | 17 | | (6) The number of PSEBA benefits awarded under the | 18 | | Act since the inception of the Act provided in the | 19 | | aggregate and listed individually by name of applicant | 20 | | and date of application: | 21 | | (7) The cost of health insurance premiums paid due | 22 | | to PSEBA benefits awarded under the Act since the | 23 | | inception of the Act provided in the aggregate and | 24 | | listed individually by name of PSEBA recipient: | 25 | | (8) The current annual cost of health insurance | 26 | | premiums paid for PSEBA benefits awarded under the Act |
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| 1 | | provided in the aggregate and listed individually by | 2 | | name of PSEBA recipient: | 3 | | (9) The annual cost of health insurance premiums | 4 | | paid for PSEBA benefits awarded under the Act listed by | 5 | | year since the inception of the Act provided in annual | 6 | | aggregate amounts and listed individually by name of | 7 | | PSEBA recipient: | 8 | | (10) A description of health insurance benefit | 9 | | levels currently provided by the employer to the PSEBA | 10 | | recipient: | 11 | | (11) The total cost of the monthly health insurance | 12 | | premium currently provided to the PSEBA recipient: | 13 | | (12) The other costs of the health insurance | 14 | | benefit currently provided to the PSEBA recipient | 15 | | including, but not limited to: | 16 | | (i) the co-pay requirements of the health | 17 | | insurance policy provided to the PSEBA recipient; | 18 | | (ii) the out-of-pocket deductibles of the | 19 | | health insurance policy provided to the PSEBA | 20 | | recipient; | 21 | | (iii) any pharmaceutical benefits and co-pays | 22 | | provided in the insurance policy; and | 23 | | (iv) any policy limits of the health insurance | 24 | | policy provided to the PSEBA recipient." | 25 | | An employer covered under this Act shall file copies of the |
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| 1 | | PSEBA Recipient Reporting Form and the Employer Subject to the | 2 | | PSEBA Act Reporting Form with COGFA within 120 days after | 3 | | receipt of the Employer Subject to the PSEBA Act Reporting | 4 | | Form. | 5 | | The first form filed with COGFA under this Section shall | 6 | | contain all information required by this Section. All forms | 7 | | filed by the employer thereafter shall set forth the required | 8 | | information for the 36-month 24-month period ending on June 30 | 9 | | preceding the deadline date for filing the report. | 10 | | Whenever possible, communication between COGFA and | 11 | | employers as required by this Act shall be through electronic | 12 | | means. | 13 | | (c) For the purpose of creating the report required under | 14 | | subsection (d), upon receipt of each PSEBA Benefit Recipient | 15 | | Form, or as soon as reasonably practicable, COGFA shall make a | 16 | | determination of whether the PSEBA benefit recipient or the | 17 | | PSEBA benefit recipient's spouse meets one of the following | 18 | | criteria: | 19 | | (1) the PSEBA benefit recipient or the PSEBA benefit | 20 | | recipient's spouse is receiving health insurance from a | 21 | | current employer, a current employer of his or her spouse, | 22 | | or another source; | 23 | | (2) the PSEBA benefit recipient or the PSEBA benefit | 24 | | recipient's spouse has been offered or provided access to | 25 | | health insurance from a current employer or employers. | 26 | | If one or both of the criteria are met, COGFA shall make |
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| 1 | | the following determinations of the associated costs and | 2 | | benefit levels of health insurance provided or offered to the | 3 | | PSEBA benefit recipient or the PSEBA benefit recipient's | 4 | | spouse: | 5 | | (A) a description of health insurance benefit levels | 6 | | offered to or received by the PSEBA benefit recipient or | 7 | | the PSEBA benefit recipient's spouse from a current | 8 | | employer or a current employer of the PSEBA benefit | 9 | | recipient's spouse; | 10 | | (B) the monthly premium cost of health insurance | 11 | | benefits offered to or received by the PSEBA benefit | 12 | | recipient or the PSEBA benefit recipient's spouse from a | 13 | | current employer or a current employer of the PSEBA benefit | 14 | | recipient's spouse including, but not limited to: | 15 | | (i) the total monthly cost of the health insurance | 16 | | premium; | 17 | | (ii) the monthly amount of the health insurance | 18 | | premium to be paid by the employer; | 19 | | (iii) the monthly amount of the health insurance | 20 | | premium to be paid by the PSEBA benefit recipient or | 21 | | the PSEBA benefit recipient's spouse; | 22 | | (iv) the co-pay requirements of the health | 23 | | insurance policy; | 24 | | (v) the out-of-pocket deductibles of the health | 25 | | insurance policy; | 26 | | (vi) any pharmaceutical benefits and co-pays |
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| 1 | | provided in the insurance policy; | 2 | | (vii) any policy limits of the health insurance | 3 | | policy. | 4 | | COGFA shall summarize the related costs and benefit levels | 5 | | of health insurance provided or available to the PSEBA benefit | 6 | | recipient or the PSEBA benefit recipient's spouse and contrast | 7 | | the results to the cost and benefit levels of health insurance | 8 | | currently provided by the employer subject to this Act. This | 9 | | information shall be included in the report required in | 10 | | subsection (d). | 11 | | (d) By June 1, 2014, and by January 1 of every third | 12 | | even-numbered year thereafter beginning in 2018 2016 , COGFA | 13 | | shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly | 14 | | setting forth the information received under subsections (a) | 15 | | and (b). The report shall aggregate data in such a way as to | 16 | | not reveal the identity of any single beneficiary. The | 17 | | requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be | 18 | | satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, | 19 | | Minority Leader, and Clerk of the House of Representatives, the | 20 | | President, Minority Leader, and Secretary of the Senate, the | 21 | | Legislative Research Unit as required under Section 3.1 of the | 22 | | General Assembly Organization Act, and the State Government | 23 | | Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as required | 24 | | under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act. | 25 | | COGFA shall make this report available electronically on a | 26 | | publicly accessible website.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 98-561, eff. 8-27-13.)".
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