Full Text of SB1176 103rd General Assembly
SB1176sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Neil Anderson Filed: 4/10/2024 | | 10300SB1176sam001 | | LRB103 05620 BDA 71741 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1176
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1176 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, the State Universities Retirement | 14 | | System, the Teachers' Retirement System, the Judges' | 15 | | Retirement System, and the General Assembly Retirement System, | 16 | | may enter into a contract with a qualified and experienced |
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| 1 | | administrator to establish and conduct a State Retiree | 2 | | Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit and Assistance Program to | 3 | | identify annuitants, retirees, benefit recipients, survivors | 4 | | or their dependents who are eligible for Medicare, but not | 5 | | enrolled in Medicare, and to assist those annuitants, | 6 | | retirees, benefit recipients, survivors or their dependents | 7 | | with enrolling in Social Security and Medicare. | 8 | | (b) The State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit | 9 | | and Assistance Program shall conduct an annual audit of the | 10 | | State Health Benefits Program for everyone covered under the | 11 | | State Employee Group Health Plan, the Teachers' Retirement | 12 | | Insurance Program, and the Community College Insurance Program | 13 | | for the purpose of identifying participants and their | 14 | | dependents who are eligible for Medicare under federal law. | 15 | | The Program shall also ensure that those annuitants, retirees, | 16 | | benefit recipients, survivors or their dependents who are | 17 | | eligible for Medicare are enrolled in Medicare with Medicare | 18 | | as their primary health care benefits coverage and the State | 19 | | Health Benefits Program being the secondary provider of their | 20 | | health care benefits coverage. | 21 | | (c) The State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit | 22 | | and Assistance Program shall assist any annuitant, retiree, | 23 | | benefit recipient, survivor or their dependents who becomes | 24 | | disabled, and is not enrolled in Social Security Disability | 25 | | Insurance and Medicare, with enrolling in and obtaining Social | 26 | | Security Disability Insurance and Medicare benefits. This |
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| 1 | | assistance shall include, but not be limited to: (i) | 2 | | developing communication materials to educate individuals | 3 | | about Social Security Disability Insurance benefits; (ii) | 4 | | performing multiple outreaches to targeted populations; (iii) | 5 | | analyzing responses to determine Social Security Disability | 6 | | Insurance eligibility; and (iv) representing qualified | 7 | | individuals on their claim for Social Security Disability | 8 | | Insurance and Medicare. | 9 | | (d) The administrator shall provide the Department, the | 10 | | State Employees Retirement System, and the General Assembly | 11 | | with an annual report showing the number of annuitants, | 12 | | retirees, benefit recipients, survivors and dependents who are | 13 | | transitioned to Social Security Disability Insurance and | 14 | | Medicare and the amount of savings realized by the State of | 15 | | Illinois. | 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 17 | | 1, 2025.". |
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