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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB2819 Introduced 2/13/2018, by Sen. Dave Syverson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the State Employee Health Savings Account Law. Provides that each employer under the Act may (rather than shall) make available to each eligible individual a health savings account program, if that individual chooses to enroll in the program. Provides that an employer who makes a health savings account program available may make an annual contribution, in an amount determined by the employer, into an eligible individual's health savings account. Removes language requiring an employer to annually deposit an amount equal to one-third of the annual deductible into an eligible individual's health savings account. Makes conforming changes.
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| | SB2819 | | LRB100 16669 RJF 31807 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The State Employee Health Savings Account Law is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 10-10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 377/10-10)
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| 7 | | Sec. 10-10. Application; authorized contributions. |
| 8 | | (a) Each Beginning in calendar year 2012, each employer may |
| 9 | | shall make available to each eligible individual a health |
| 10 | | savings account program, if that individual chooses to enroll |
| 11 | | in the program except that, for an employer who provides |
| 12 | | coverage pursuant to any one or more of subsections (i) through |
| 13 | | (n) of Section 10 of the State Employee Group Insurance Act, |
| 14 | | that employer may make available a health savings account |
| 15 | | program. An employer who makes a health savings account program |
| 16 | | available may make an annual contribution, in an amount |
| 17 | | determined by the employer, shall annually deposit an amount |
| 18 | | equal to one-third of the annual deductible into an eligible |
| 19 | | individual's health savings account. Unused funds in a health |
| 20 | | savings account shall become the property of the account holder |
| 21 | | at the end of a taxable year. |
| 22 | | (b) Beginning in calendar year 2012, an eligible individual |
| 23 | | may deposit contributions into a health savings account in |