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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2378

Introduced 2/4/2025, by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 375/3

from Ch. 127, par. 523
40 ILCS 5/15-132.2

Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Adds to the
definition of "community college benefit recipient" a person who is
receiving retirement income from a self-managed plan account under the
State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code and who meets
other requirements. Amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois
Pension Code. In the definition of "retire" and "retirement", provides
that a participant in the self-managed plan retires, and the participant's
retirement begins, when the participant is eligible for retirement under
the Article, and the Retirement System Reciprocal Act (Article 20 of the
Code) if applicable, and the participant begins receiving retirement
income from the participant's self-managed plan account.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.

2

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

4

Section 5.
The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971
5
is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

6

(5 ILCS 375/3)

(from Ch. 127, par. 523)
7

Sec. 3.
Definitions.
Unless the context otherwise
8
requires, the following words and phrases as used in this Act
9
shall have the following meanings. The Department may define
10
these and other words and phrases separately for the purpose
11
of implementing specific programs providing benefits under
12
this Act.
13

(a) "Administrative service organization" means any
14
person, firm
,
or corporation experienced in the handling of
15
claims which is fully qualified, financially sound
,
and
16
capable of meeting the service requirements of a contract of
17
administration executed with the Department.
18

(b) "Annuitant" means (1) an employee who retires, or has
19
retired, on or after January 1, 1966 on an immediate annuity
20
under the provisions of Articles 2, 14 (including an employee
21
who has elected to receive an alternative retirement
22
cancellation payment under Section 14-108.5 of the Illinois
23
Pension Code in lieu of an annuity or who meets the criteria

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for retirement, but in lieu of receiving an annuity under that
2
Article has elected to receive an accelerated pension benefit
3
payment under Section 14-147.5 of that Article), 15 (including
4
an employee who has retired under the optional retirement
5
program established under Section 15-158.2 or who meets the
6
criteria for retirement but in lieu of receiving an annuity
7
under that Article has elected to receive an accelerated
8
pension benefit payment under Section 15-185.5 of the
9
Article), paragraph (2), (3), or (5) of Section 16-106
10
(including an employee who meets the criteria for retirement,
11
but in lieu of receiving an annuity under that Article has
12
elected to receive an accelerated pension benefit payment
13
under Section 16-190.5 of the Illinois Pension Code), or
14
Article 18 of the Illinois Pension Code; (2) any person who was
15
receiving group insurance coverage under this Act as of March
16
31, 1978 by reason of his status as an annuitant, even though
17
the annuity in relation to which such coverage was provided is
18
a proportional annuity based on less than the minimum period
19
of service required for a retirement annuity in the system
20
involved; (3) any person not otherwise covered by this Act who
21
has retired as a participating member under Article 2 of the
22
Illinois Pension Code but is ineligible for the retirement
23
annuity under Section 2-119 of the Illinois Pension Code; (4)
24
the spouse of any person who is receiving a retirement annuity
25
under Article 18 of the Illinois Pension Code and who is
26
covered under a group health insurance program sponsored by a

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governmental employer other than the State of Illinois and who
2
has irrevocably elected to waive his or her coverage under
3
this Act and to have his or her spouse considered as the
4
"annuitant" under this Act and not as a "dependent"; or (5) an
5
employee who retires, or has retired, from a qualified
6
position, as determined according to rules promulgated by the
7
Director, under a qualified local government, a qualified
8
rehabilitation facility, a qualified domestic violence shelter
9
or service, or a qualified child advocacy center. (For
10
definition of "retired employee", see
subsection
(p)
post
).
11

(b-5) (Blank).
12

(b-6) (Blank).
13

(b-7) (Blank).
14

(c) "Carrier" means (1) an insurance company, a
15
corporation organized under the Limited Health Service
16
Organization Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, a
17
partnership, or other nongovernmental organization, which is
18
authorized to do group life or group health insurance business
19
in Illinois, or (2) the State of Illinois as a self-insurer.
20

(d) "Compensation" means salary or wages payable on a
21
regular payroll by the State Treasurer on a warrant of the
22
State Comptroller out of any State, trust or federal fund, or
23
by the Governor of the State through a disbursing officer of
24
the State out of a trust or out of federal funds, or by any
25
Department out of State, trust, federal
,
or other funds held
26
by the State Treasurer or the Department, to any person for

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personal services currently performed, and ordinary or
2
accidental disability benefits under Articles 2, 14, 15
3
(including ordinary or accidental disability benefits under
4
the optional retirement program established under Section
5
15-158.2), paragraph (2), (3), or (5) of Section 16-106, or
6
Article 18 of the Illinois Pension Code, for disability
7
incurred after January 1, 1966, or benefits payable under the
8
Workers' Compensation
Act
or
the Workers'
Occupational
9
Diseases Act or benefits payable under a sick pay plan
10
established in accordance with Section 36 of the State Finance
11
Act. "Compensation" also means salary or wages paid to an
12
employee of any qualified local government, qualified
13
rehabilitation facility, qualified domestic violence shelter
14
or service, or qualified child advocacy center.
15

(e) "Commission" means the State Employees Group Insurance
16
Advisory Commission authorized by this Act. Commencing July 1,
17
1984, "Commission" as used in this Act means the Commission on
18
Government Forecasting and Accountability as established by
19
the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984.
20

(f) "Contributory", when referred to as contributory
21
coverage, shall mean optional coverages or benefits elected by
22
the member toward the cost of which such member makes
23
contribution, or which are funded in whole or in part through
24
the acceptance of a reduction in earnings or the foregoing of
25
an increase in earnings by an employee, as distinguished from
26
noncontributory coverage or benefits which are paid entirely

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by the State of Illinois without reduction of the member's
2
salary.
3

(g) "Department" means any department, institution, board,
4
commission, officer, court
,
or any agency of the State
5
government receiving appropriations and having power to
6
certify payrolls to the Comptroller authorizing payments of
7
salary and wages against such appropriations as are made by
8
the General Assembly from any State fund, or against trust
9
funds held by the State Treasurer and includes boards of
10
trustees of the retirement systems created by Articles 2, 14,
11
15, 16, and 18 of the Illinois Pension Code. "Department" also
12
includes the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Board,
13
the Board of Examiners established under the Illinois Public
14
Accounting Act, and the Illinois Finance Authority.
15

(h) "Dependent", when the term is used in the context of
16
the health and life plan, means a member's spouse and any child
17
(1) from birth to age 26
,
including an adopted child, a child
18
who lives with the member from the time of the placement for
19
adoption until entry of an order of adoption, a stepchild or
20
adjudicated child, or a child who lives with the member if such
21
member is a court appointed guardian of the child or (2) age 19
22
or over who has a mental or physical disability from a cause
23
originating prior to the age of 19 (age 26 if enrolled as an
24
adult child dependent). For the health plan only, the term
25
"dependent" also includes (1) any person enrolled prior to the
26
effective date of this Section who is dependent upon the

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member to the extent that the member may claim such person as a
2
dependent for income tax deduction purposes and (2) any person
3
who has received after June 30, 2000 an organ transplant and
4
who is financially dependent upon the member and eligible to
5
be claimed as a dependent for income tax purposes. A member
6
requesting to cover any dependent must provide documentation
7
as requested by the Department of Central Management Services
8
and file with the Department any and all forms required by the
9
Department.
10

(i) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois
11
Department of Central Management Services.
12

(j) "Eligibility period" means the period of time a member
13
has to elect enrollment in programs or to select benefits
14
without regard to age, sex
,
or health.
15

(k) "Employee" means and includes each officer or employee
16
in the service of a department who (1) receives his
17
compensation for service rendered to the department on a
18
warrant issued pursuant to a payroll certified by a department
19
or on a warrant or check issued and drawn by a department upon
20
a trust, federal or other fund or on a warrant issued pursuant
21
to a payroll certified by an elected or duly appointed officer
22
of the State or who receives payment of the performance of
23
personal services on a warrant issued pursuant to a payroll
24
certified by a Department and drawn by the Comptroller upon
25
the State Treasurer against appropriations made by the General
26
Assembly from any fund or against trust funds held by the State

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Treasurer, and (2) is employed full-time or part-time in a
2
position normally requiring actual performance of duty during
3
not less than 1/2 of a normal work period, as established by
4
the Director in cooperation with each department, except that
5
persons elected by popular vote will be considered employees
6
during the entire term for which they are elected regardless
7
of hours devoted to the service of the State, and (3) except
8
that "employee" does not include any person who is not
9
eligible by reason of such person's employment to participate
10
in one of the State retirement systems under Articles 2, 14, 15
11
(either the regular Article 15 system or the optional
12
retirement program established under Section 15-158.2), or 18,
13
or under paragraph (2), (3), or (5) of Section 16-106, of the
14
Illinois Pension Code, but such term does include persons who
15
are employed during the 6-month qualifying period under
16
Article 14 of the Illinois Pension Code. Such term also
17
includes any person who (1) after January 1, 1966, is
18
receiving ordinary or accidental disability benefits under
19
Articles 2, 14, 15 (including ordinary or accidental
20
disability benefits under the optional retirement program
21
established under Section 15-158.2), paragraph (2), (3), or
22
(5) of Section 16-106, or Article 18 of the Illinois Pension
23
Code, for disability incurred after January 1, 1966, (2)
24
receives total permanent or total temporary disability under
25
the Workers' Compensation Act or
the Workers'
Occupational
26
Diseases

Disease
Act as a result of injuries sustained or

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illness contracted in the course of employment with the State
2
of Illinois, or (3) is not otherwise covered under this Act and
3
has retired as a participating member under Article 2 of the
4
Illinois Pension Code but is ineligible for the retirement
5
annuity under Section 2-119 of the Illinois Pension Code.
6
However, a person who satisfies the criteria of the foregoing
7
definition of "employee" except that such person is made
8
ineligible to participate in the State Universities Retirement
9
System by clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the
10
Illinois Pension Code is also an "employee" for the purposes
11
of this Act. "Employee" also includes any person receiving or
12
eligible for benefits under a sick pay plan established in
13
accordance with Section 36 of the State Finance Act.
14
"Employee" also includes (i) each officer or employee in the
15
service of a qualified local government, including persons
16
appointed as trustees of sanitary districts regardless of
17
hours devoted to the service of the sanitary district, (ii)
18
each employee in the service of a qualified rehabilitation
19
facility, (iii) each full-time employee in the service of a
20
qualified domestic violence shelter or service, and (iv) each
21
full-time employee in the service of a qualified child
22
advocacy center, as determined according to rules promulgated
23
by the Director.
24

(l) "Member" means an employee, annuitant, retired
25
employee, or survivor. In the case of an annuitant or retired
26
employee who first becomes an annuitant or retired employee on

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or after January 13, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act
2
97-668), the individual must meet the minimum vesting
3
requirements of the applicable retirement system in order to
4
be eligible for group insurance benefits under that system. In
5
the case of a survivor who is not entitled to occupational
6
death benefits pursuant to an applicable retirement system or
7
death benefits pursuant to the
Illinois
Workers' Compensation
8
Act, and who first becomes a survivor on or after January 13,
9
2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-668), the deceased
10
employee, annuitant, or retired employee upon whom the annuity
11
is based must have been eligible to participate in the group
12
insurance system under the applicable retirement system in
13
order for the survivor to be eligible for group insurance
14
benefits under that system.
15

In the case of a survivor who is entitled to occupational
16
death benefits pursuant to the deceased employee's applicable
17
retirement system or death benefits pursuant to the
Illinois

18
Workers' Compensation Act, and first becomes a survivor on or
19
after January 1, 2022, the survivor is eligible for group
20
health insurance benefits regardless of the deceased
21
employee's minimum vesting requirements under the applicable
22
retirement system, with a State contribution rate of 100%,
23
until an unmarried child dependent reaches the age of 18, or
24
the age of 22 if the dependent child is a full-time student, or
25
until the adult survivor becomes eligible for benefits under
26
the federal Medicare health insurance program (Title XVIII of

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the Social Security Act, as added by Public Law 89-97). In the
2
case of a survivor currently receiving occupational death
3
benefits pursuant to the deceased employee's applicable
4
retirement system or has received death benefits pursuant to
5
the
Illinois
Workers' Compensation Act, who first became a
6
survivor prior to January 1, 2022, the survivor is eligible
7
for group health insurance benefits regardless of the deceased
8
employee's minimum vesting requirements under the applicable
9
retirement system, with a State contribution rate of 100%,
10
until an unmarried child dependent reaches the age of 18, or
11
the age of 22 if the dependent child is a full-time student, or
12
until the adult survivor becomes eligible for benefits under
13
the federal Medicare health insurance program (Title XVIII of
14
the Social Security Act, as added by Public Law 89-97). The
15
changes made by
Public Act 102-714

this amendatory Act of the
16
102nd General Assembly
with respect to survivors who first
17
became survivors prior to January 1, 2022 shall apply upon
18
request of the survivor on or after
April 29, 2022 (
the
19
effective date of
Public Act 102-714)

this amendatory Act of
20
the 102nd General Assembly
.
21

(m) "Optional coverages or benefits" means those coverages
22
or benefits available to the member on his or her voluntary
23
election, and at his or her own expense.
24

(n) "Program" means the group life insurance, health
25
benefits
,
and other employee benefits designed and contracted
26
for by the Director under this Act.

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(o) "Health plan" means a health benefits program offered
2
by the State of Illinois for persons eligible for the plan.
3

(p) "Retired employee" means any person who would be an
4
annuitant as that term is defined herein but for the fact that
5
such person retired prior to January 1, 1966. Such term also
6
includes any person formerly employed by the University of
7
Illinois in the Cooperative Extension Service who would be an
8
annuitant but for the fact that such person was made
9
ineligible to participate in the State Universities Retirement
10
System by clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the
11
Illinois Pension Code.
12

(q) "Survivor" means a person receiving an annuity as a
13
survivor of an employee or of an annuitant. "Survivor" also
14
includes: (1) the surviving dependent of a person who
15
satisfies the definition of "employee" except that such person
16
is made ineligible to participate in the State Universities
17
Retirement System by clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section
18
15-107 of the Illinois Pension Code; (2) the surviving
19
dependent of any person formerly employed by the University of
20
Illinois in the Cooperative Extension Service who would be an
21
annuitant except for the fact that such person was made
22
ineligible to participate in the State Universities Retirement
23
System by clause (4) of subsection (a) of Section 15-107 of the
24
Illinois Pension Code; (3) the surviving dependent of a person
25
who was an annuitant under this Act by virtue of receiving an
26
alternative retirement cancellation payment under Section

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14-108.5 of the Illinois Pension Code; and (4) a person who
2
would be receiving an annuity as a survivor of an annuitant
3
except that the annuitant elected on or after June 4, 2018 to
4
receive an accelerated pension benefit payment under Section
5
14-147.5, 15-185.5, or 16-190.5 of the Illinois Pension Code
6
in lieu of receiving an annuity.
7

(q-2) "SERS" means the State Employees' Retirement System
8
of Illinois, created under Article 14 of the Illinois Pension
9
Code.
10

(q-3) "SURS" means the State Universities Retirement
11
System, created under Article 15 of the Illinois Pension Code.
12

(q-4) "TRS" means the Teachers' Retirement System of the
13
State of Illinois, created under Article 16 of the Illinois
14
Pension Code.
15

(q-5) (Blank).
16

(q-6) (Blank).
17

(q-7) (Blank).
18

(r) "Medical services" means the services provided within
19
the scope of their licenses by practitioners in all categories
20
licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
21

(s) "Unit of local government" means any county,
22
municipality, township, school district (including a
23
combination of school districts under the Intergovernmental
24
Cooperation Act), special district or other unit, designated
25
as a unit of local government by law, which exercises limited
26
governmental powers or powers in respect to limited

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governmental subjects, any not-for-profit association with a
2
membership that primarily includes townships and township
3
officials, that has duties that include provision of research
4
service, dissemination of information, and other acts for the
5
purpose of improving township government, and that is funded
6
wholly or partly in accordance with Section 85-15 of the
7
Township Code; any not-for-profit corporation or association,
8
with a membership consisting primarily of municipalities, that
9
operates its own utility system, and provides research,
10
training, dissemination of information, or other acts to
11
promote cooperation between and among municipalities that
12
provide utility services and for the advancement of the goals
13
and purposes of its membership; the Southern Illinois
14
Collegiate Common Market, which is a consortium of higher
15
education institutions in Southern Illinois; the Illinois
16
Association of Park Districts; and any hospital provider that
17
is owned by a county that has 100 or fewer hospital beds and
18
has not already joined the program. "Qualified local
19
government" means a unit of local government approved by the
20
Director and participating in a program created under
21
subsection (i) of Section 10 of this Act.
22

(t) "Qualified rehabilitation facility" means any
23
not-for-profit organization that is accredited by the
24
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities or
25
certified by the Department of Human Services (as successor to
26
the Department of Mental Health and Developmental

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Disabilities) to provide services to persons with disabilities
2
and which receives funds from the State of Illinois for
3
providing those services, approved by the Director and
4
participating in a program created under subsection (j) of
5
Section 10 of this Act.
6

(u) "Qualified domestic violence shelter or service" means
7
any Illinois domestic violence shelter or service and its
8
administrative offices funded by the Department of Human
9
Services (as successor to the Illinois Department of Public
10
Aid), approved by the Director and participating in a program
11
created under subsection (k) of Section 10.
12

(v) "TRS benefit recipient" means a person who:
13

(1) is not a "member" as defined in this Section; and
14

(2) is receiving a monthly benefit or retirement
15

annuity under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code or
16

would be receiving such monthly benefit or retirement
17

annuity except that the benefit recipient elected on or
18

after June 4, 2018 to receive an accelerated pension
19

benefit payment under Section 16-190.5 of the Illinois
20

Pension Code in lieu of receiving an annuity; and
21

(3) either (i) has at least 8 years of creditable
22

service under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code, or
23

(ii) was enrolled in the health insurance program offered
24

under that Article on January 1, 1996, or (iii) is the
25

survivor of a benefit recipient who had at least 8 years of
26

creditable service under Article 16 of the Illinois

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Pension Code or was enrolled in the health insurance
2

program offered under that Article on June 21, 1995 (the
3

effective date of Public Act 89-25), or (iv) is a
4

recipient or survivor of a recipient of a disability
5

benefit under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code.
6

(w) "TRS dependent beneficiary" means a person who:
7

(1) is not a "member" or "dependent" as defined in
8

this Section; and
9

(2) is a TRS benefit recipient's: (A) spouse, (B)
10

dependent parent who is receiving at least half of his or
11

her support from the TRS benefit recipient, or (C)
12

natural, step, adjudicated, or adopted child who is (i)
13

under age 26, (ii) was, on January 1, 1996, participating
14

as a dependent beneficiary in the health insurance program
15

offered under Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code, or
16

(iii) age 19 or over who has a mental or physical
17

disability from a cause originating prior to the age of 19
18

(age 26 if enrolled as an adult child).
19

"TRS dependent beneficiary" does not include, as indicated
20
under paragraph (2) of this subsection (w), a dependent of the
21
survivor of a TRS benefit recipient who first becomes a
22
dependent of a survivor of a TRS benefit recipient on or after
23
January 13, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-668)
24
unless that dependent would have been eligible for coverage as
25
a dependent of the deceased TRS benefit recipient upon whom
26
the survivor benefit is based.

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(x) "Military leave" refers to individuals in basic
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training for reserves, special/advanced training, annual
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training, emergency call up, activation by the President of
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the United States, or any other training or duty in service to
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the United States Armed Forces.
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(y) (Blank).
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(z) "Community college benefit recipient" means a person
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who:
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(1) is not a "member" as defined in this Section; and
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(2)
is receiving retirement income from a self-managed
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plan account under Section 15-158.2 of the Illinois
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Pension Code or
is receiving a monthly survivor's annuity
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or retirement annuity under Article 15 of the Illinois
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Pension Code or would be receiving such monthly survivor's
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annuity or retirement annuity except that the benefit
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recipient elected on or after June 4, 2018 to receive an
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accelerated pension benefit payment under Section 15-185.5
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of the Illinois Pension Code in lieu of receiving an
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annuity; and
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(3) either (i) was a full-time employee of a community
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college district or an association of community college
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boards created under the Public Community College Act
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(other than an employee whose last employer under Article
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15 of the Illinois Pension Code was a community college
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district subject to Article VII of the Public Community
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College Act) and was eligible to participate in a group

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health benefit plan as an employee during the time of
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employment with a community college district (other than a
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community college district subject to Article VII of the
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Public Community College Act) or an association of
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community college boards, or (ii) is the survivor of a
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person described in item (i).
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(aa) "Community college dependent beneficiary" means a
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person who:
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(1) is not a "member" or "dependent" as defined in
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this Section; and
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(2) is a community college benefit recipient's: (A)
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spouse, (B) dependent parent who is receiving at least
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half of his or her support from the community college
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benefit recipient, or (C) natural, step, adjudicated, or
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adopted child who is (i) under age 26, or (ii) age 19 or
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over and has a mental or physical disability from a cause
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originating prior to the age of 19 (age 26 if enrolled as
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an adult child).
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"Community college dependent beneficiary" does not
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include, as indicated under paragraph (2) of this subsection
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(aa), a dependent of the survivor of a community college
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benefit recipient who first becomes a dependent of a survivor
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of a community college benefit recipient on or after January
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13, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-668) unless that
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dependent would have been eligible for coverage as a dependent
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of the deceased community college benefit recipient upon whom

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the survivor annuity is based.
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(bb) "Qualified child advocacy center" means any Illinois
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child advocacy center and its administrative offices funded by
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the Department of Children and Family Services, as defined by
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the Children's Advocacy Center Act
(55 ILCS 80/)
, approved by
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the Director and participating in a program created under
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subsection (n) of Section 10.
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(cc) "Placement for adoption" means the assumption and
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retention by a member of a legal obligation for total or
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partial support of a child in anticipation of adoption of the
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child. The child's placement with the member terminates upon
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the termination of such legal obligation.
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(Source: P.A. 101-242, eff. 8-9-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
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102-714, eff. 4-29-22; 102-813, eff 5-13-22; revised 7-23-24.)

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Section 10.
The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
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changing Section 15-132.2 as follows:

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(40 ILCS 5/15-132.2)
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Sec. 15-132.2.
Retire and retirement.
A participant
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"retires", and his or her "retirement" begins, when his or her
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annuity payment period begins.
A participant in the
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self-managed plan "retires", and the participant's
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"retirement" begins, when the participant is eligible for
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retirement under this Article, and Article 20 if applicable,
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and the participant begins receiving retirement income from

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the participant's self-managed plan account.

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(Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)

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