HB6030 EnrolledLRB099 15000 RPS 39196 b


  
1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended  by adding 
5Section 1-140 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/1-140 new)
7    Sec. 1-140. Identification of deceased annuitants. Every 
8pension fund or retirement system under this Code, except for a 
9pension fund established under Article 3 or 4 of this Code, 
10shall develop and implement, by no later than June 30, 2017, a 
11process to identify annuitants who are deceased. The process 
12shall require the pension fund or retirement system to check 
13for any deceased annuitants at least once per month and shall 
14include the use of any commonly used methods to identify 
15persons who are deceased, which include, but are not limited 
16to, the use of a third party entity that specializes in the 
17identification of deceased persons, the use of data provided by 
18the Social Security Administration, the use of  data provided by 
19the Department of Public Health's Office of  Vital Records, or 
20the use of any other method that is commonly used by other 
21states to identify deceased persons.
 
22    Section 10. The Vital Records Act is amended by adding 
 
 
HB6030 Enrolled- 2 -LRB099 15000 RPS 39196 b

1Section 24.5 as follows:
 
2    (410 ILCS 535/24.5 new)
3    Sec. 24.5. Access to records; pension funds and retirement 
4systems. Any information contained in the vital records shall 
5be made available at no cost to any pension fund or retirement 
6system under the Illinois Pension Code for administrative 
7purposes.
 
8    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
9Section 8.40 as follows:
 
10    (30 ILCS 805/8.40 new)
11    Sec. 8.40. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
12of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
13implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
14the 99th General Assembly.
 
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
16becoming law.