Bill Text: IL HB0017 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, within 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Central Management Services, in conjunction with the 5 State-funded retirement systems, may enter into a contract with an administrator to establish and conduct a State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit and Assistance Program to identify relevant individuals eligible for Medicare but not enrolled in Medicare, and to assist those individuals with enrolling in Social Security and Medicare. Provides that the State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit and Assistance Program shall conduct an annual audit of the State health benefits program for everyone covered under the State Employees Group Insurance Program, the Teachers' Retirement Insurance Program, and the College Insurance Program for the purpose of identifying participants and their dependents who are eligible for Medicare under federal law and shall also ensure that those annuitants, retirees, benefit recipients, survivors, or dependents who are eligible for Medicare are enrolled in Medicare with Medicare as their primary health care benefits coverage and the State Health Benefits Program being the secondary provider of their health care benefits coverage. Provides that the State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit and Assistance Program shall assist any annuitant, retiree, benefit recipient, survivor or their dependents who becomes disabled, and is not enrolled in Social Security Disability Insurance and Medicare, with enrolling in and obtaining Social Security Disability Insurance and Medicare benefits. Provides that the administrator of the State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit and Assistance Program shall provide the Department, the 5 State-funded retirement systems, and the General Assembly with an annual report. Effective January 1, 2026.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-09 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB0017 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB0017-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0017 Introduced , by Rep. Travis Weaver SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 405/405-546 new
Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, within 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Central Management Services, in conjunction with the 5 State-funded retirement systems, may enter into a contract with an administrator to establish and conduct a State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit and Assistance Program to identify relevant individuals eligible for Medicare but not enrolled in Medicare, and to assist those individuals with enrolling in Social Security and Medicare. Provides that the State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit and Assistance Program shall conduct an annual audit of the State health benefits program for everyone covered under the State Employees Group Insurance Program, the Teachers' Retirement Insurance Program, and the College Insurance Program for the purpose of identifying participants and their dependents who are eligible for Medicare under federal law and shall also ensure that those annuitants, retirees, benefit recipients, survivors, or dependents who are eligible for Medicare are enrolled in Medicare with Medicare as their primary health care benefits coverage and the State Health Benefits Program being the secondary provider of their health care benefits coverage. Provides that the State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit and Assistance Program shall assist any annuitant, retiree, benefit recipient, survivor or their dependents who becomes disabled, and is not enrolled in Social Security Disability Insurance and Medicare, with enrolling in and obtaining Social Security Disability Insurance and Medicare benefits. Provides that the administrator of the State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit and Assistance Program shall provide the Department, the 5 State-funded retirement systems, and the General Assembly with an annual report. Effective January 1, 2026.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services
Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
adding Section 405-546 as follows:
(20 ILCS 405/405-546 new)
Sec. 405-546. State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination
Audit and Assistance Program.
(a) Within 6 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Department
of Central Management Services, in conjunction with the State
Employees' Retirement System of Illinois, the State
Universities Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement
System of the State of Illinois, the Judges' Retirement System
of Illinois, and the General Assembly Retirement System, may
enter into a contract with a qualified and experienced
administrator to establish and conduct a State Retiree
Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit and Assistance Program to
identify annuitants, retirees, benefit recipients, survivors,
or dependents who are eligible for Medicare, but not enrolled
in Medicare, and to assist those annuitants, retirees, benefit
recipients, survivors, or dependents with enrolling in Social

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Security and Medicare.
(b) The State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit
and Assistance Program shall conduct an annual audit of the
State health benefits program for everyone covered under the
State Employees Group Insurance Program, the Teachers'
Retirement Insurance Program, and the College Insurance
Program for the purpose of identifying participants and their
dependents who are eligible for Medicare under federal law.
The Program shall also ensure that those annuitants, retirees,
benefit recipients, survivors, or dependents who are eligible
for Medicare are enrolled in Medicare with Medicare as their
primary health care benefits coverage and the State Health
Benefits Program as the secondary provider of their health
care benefits coverage.
(c) The State Retiree Medicare Primacy Coordination Audit
and Assistance Program shall assist any annuitant, retiree,
benefit recipient, survivor or their dependents who becomes
disabled, and is not enrolled in Social Security Disability
Insurance and Medicare, with enrolling in and obtaining Social
Security Disability Insurance and Medicare benefits. This
assistance shall include, but not be limited to: (i)
developing communication materials to educate individuals
about Social Security Disability Insurance benefits; (ii)
performing multiple outreaches to targeted populations; (iii)
analyzing responses to determine Social Security Disability
Insurance eligibility; and (iv) representing qualified

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individuals on their claim for Social Security Disability
Insurance and Medicare.
(d) The administrator shall provide the Department, the
State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois, the State
Universities Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement
System of the State of Illinois, the Judges' Retirement System
of Illinois, the General Assembly Retirement System, and the
General Assembly with an annual report showing the number of
annuitants, retirees, benefit recipients, survivors, and
dependents who are transitioned to Social Security Disability
Insurance and Medicare and the amount of savings realized by
the State of Illinois.