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| Public Act 098-1024 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Military Code of Illinois is amended by | ||||
adding Article XVI-A as follows: | ||||
(20 ILCS 1805/Art. XVI-A heading new) | ||||
ARTICLE XVI-A. ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD | ||||
STATE-SPONSORED LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAM | ||||
(20 ILCS 1805/91.1 new) | ||||
Sec. 91.1. State-sponsored life insurance program. | ||||
(a) The General Assembly finds: | ||||
(1) It is desirable for members of the Illinois | ||||
National Guard to have access to low-cost life insurance in | ||||
addition to the Servicemembers Group Life Insurance | ||||
program currently offered to all service members. | ||||
(2) The U.S. Congress has provided in 37 U.S.C. 707 | ||||
that the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air | ||||
Force, as the case may be, may allow a member of the | ||||
National Guard to make allotments from his or her pay for | ||||
the payment of premiums under a group life insurance | ||||
program sponsored by the military department of the state | ||||
in which such member holds his or her National Guard | ||||
membership or by the National Guard Association of such | ||
state. | ||
(3) The U.S. Secretary of Defense has provided by | ||
regulation in Section 3-209 of the Department of Defense | ||
Directive 5500.07-R that offering group life insurance | ||
programs sponsored by a state military department, to the | ||
same extent and similar manner as the offering of the | ||
Servicemembers Group Life Insurance program, is not an | ||
endorsement of a non-federal entity in violation of said | ||
regulation. | ||
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.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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