Full Text of HB1674 103rd General Assembly
HB1674ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Travis Weaver Filed: 4/11/2024 | | 10300HB1674ham001 | | LRB103 27878 BDA 72178 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1674
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1674 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 | | "Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services | 5 | | Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | 6 | | adding Section 405-545 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 405/405-545 new) | 8 | | Sec. 405-545. State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination | 9 | | Audit and Assistance Program. | 10 | | (a) Within 6 months after the effective date of this | 11 | | amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the Department | 12 | | of Central Management Services, in conjunction with the State | 13 | | Employees' Retirement System of Illinois, the State | 14 | | Universities Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement | 15 | | System of the State of Illinois, the Judges Retirement System | 16 | | of Illinois, and the General Assembly Retirement System, may |
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| 1 | | enter into a contract with a qualified and experienced | 2 | | administrator to establish and conduct a State Retiree | 3 | | Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit and Assistance Program to | 4 | | identify annuitants, retirees, benefit recipients, survivors, | 5 | | or dependents who are eligible for Medicare, but not enrolled | 6 | | in Medicare, and to assist those annuitants, retirees, benefit | 7 | | recipients, survivors, or dependents with enrolling in Social | 8 | | Security and Medicare. | 9 | | (b) The State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit | 10 | | and Assistance Program shall conduct an annual audit of the | 11 | | State health benefits program for everyone covered under the | 12 | | State Employees Group Insurance Program, the Teachers' | 13 | | Retirement Insurance Program, and the College Insurance | 14 | | Program for the purpose of identifying participants and their | 15 | | dependents who are eligible for Medicare under federal law. | 16 | | The Program shall also ensure that those annuitants, retirees, | 17 | | benefit recipients, survivors, or dependents who are eligible | 18 | | for Medicare are enrolled in Medicare with Medicare as their | 19 | | primary health care benefits coverage and the State Health | 20 | | Benefits Program being the secondary provider of their health | 21 | | care benefits coverage. | 22 | | (c) The State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit | 23 | | and Assistance Program shall assist any annuitant, retiree, | 24 | | benefit recipient, survivor or their dependents who becomes | 25 | | disabled, and is not enrolled in Social Security Disability | 26 | | Insurance and Medicare, with enrolling in and obtaining Social |
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| 1 | | Security Disability Insurance and Medicare benefits. This | 2 | | assistance shall include, but not be limited to: (i) | 3 | | developing communication materials to educate individuals | 4 | | about Social Security Disability Insurance benefits; (ii) | 5 | | performing multiple outreaches to targeted populations; (iii) | 6 | | analyzing responses to determine Social Security Disability | 7 | | Insurance eligibility; and (iv) representing qualified | 8 | | individuals on their claim for Social Security Disability | 9 | | Insurance and Medicare. | 10 | | (d) The administrator shall provide the Department, the | 11 | | State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois, the State | 12 | | Universities Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement | 13 | | System of the State of Illinois, the Judges Retirement System | 14 | | of Illinois, the General Assembly Retirement System, and the | 15 | | General Assembly with an annual report showing the number of | 16 | | annuitants, retirees, benefit recipients, survivors, and | 17 | | dependents who are transitioned to Social Security Disability | 18 | | Insurance and Medicare and the amount of savings realized by | 19 | | the State of Illinois. | 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 21 | | 1, 2025.". |
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