Sen. Neil Anderson
Filed: 4/11/2024
 
 
 




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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1176


2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1176 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

4 "Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services 
5Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by 
6adding Section 405-545 as follows:

7 (20 ILCS 405/405-545 new)
8 Sec. 405-545. State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination 
9Audit and Assistance Program. 
10 (a) Within 6 months after the effective date of this 
11amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the Department 
12of Central Management Services, in conjunction with the State 
13Employees' Retirement System of Illinois, the State 
14Universities Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement 
15System of the State of Illinois, the Judges Retirement System 
16of Illinois, and the General Assembly Retirement System, may 
 
 
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1enter into a contract with a qualified and experienced 
2administrator to establish and conduct a State Retiree 
3Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit and Assistance Program to 
4identify annuitants, retirees, benefit recipients, survivors, 
5or dependents who are eligible for Medicare, but not enrolled 
6in Medicare, and to assist those annuitants, retirees, benefit 
7recipients, survivors, or dependents with enrolling in Social 
8Security and Medicare.
9 (b) The State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit 
10and Assistance Program shall conduct an annual audit of the 
11State health benefits program for everyone covered under the 
12State Employees Group Insurance Program, the Teachers' 
13Retirement Insurance Program, and the College Insurance 
14Program for the purpose of identifying participants and their 
15dependents who are eligible for Medicare under federal law. 
16The Program shall also ensure that those annuitants, retirees, 
17benefit recipients, survivors, or dependents who are eligible 
18for Medicare are enrolled in Medicare with Medicare as their 
19primary health care benefits coverage and the State Health 
20Benefits Program being the secondary provider of their health 
21care benefits coverage.
22 (c) The State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit 
23and Assistance Program shall assist any annuitant, retiree, 
24benefit recipient, survivor or their dependents who becomes 
25disabled, and is not enrolled in Social Security Disability 
26Insurance and Medicare, with enrolling in and obtaining Social 
 
 
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1Security Disability Insurance and Medicare benefits. This 
2assistance shall include, but not be limited to: (i) 
3developing communication materials to educate individuals 
4about Social Security Disability Insurance benefits; (ii) 
5performing multiple outreaches to targeted populations; (iii) 
6analyzing responses to determine Social Security Disability 
7Insurance eligibility; and (iv) representing qualified 
8individuals on their claim for Social Security Disability 
9Insurance and Medicare.
10 (d) The administrator shall provide the Department, the 
11State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois, the State 
12Universities Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement 
13System of the State of Illinois, the Judges Retirement System 
14of Illinois, the General Assembly Retirement System, and the 
15General Assembly with an annual report showing the number of 
16annuitants, retirees, benefit recipients, survivors, and 
17dependents who are transitioned to Social Security Disability 
18Insurance and Medicare and the amount of savings realized by 
19the State of Illinois.