It is hereby the policy of the State of Illinois that members of the Illinois National Guard should be provided with the opportunity to purchase the Illinois National Guard State-Sponsored Life Insurance Program products as provided for in this Section and that the members be allowed to make an allotment for the payment of premiums using the U.S. Defense Finance and Accounting Service military pay allotment procedures in force at the time the allotment is requested.
(b) It is hereby established that the National Guard Association of Illinois shall be the designated provider of State-sponsored life insurance products offered through insurers licensed to transact insurance business in Illinois for military members and dependents of the Illinois National Guard. The life insurance products provided by the National Guard Association of Illinois through its membership in the Militia Insurance Trust shall be known as the Illinois National Guard State-Sponsored Life Insurance Program.
(c) The Department of Military Affairs, through the Adjutant General, is hereby designated as the official departmental sponsor of the Illinois National Guard State-Sponsored Life Insurance Program, shall allow, facilitate, and coordinate all efforts to make the Program available to all members of the Illinois National Guard, and shall allow, facilitate, and coordinate requested allotments with the appropriate United States Property and Fiscal Office.
(Source: P.A. 98-1024, eff. 8-22-14.)
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