(70 ILCS 2405/25) (from Ch. 42, par. 317g)
Sec. 25.
The board of trustees of any sanitary district may arrange to
provide for the benefit of employees and trustees of the sanitary district
group life, health, accident, hospital and medical insurance, or any one or
any combination of such types of insurance. The Board of trustees may also
elect to self insure the district's employees. In the event the board
arranges to provide insurance, such insurance may include provision for
employees and trustees who rely on treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone
for healing in accordance with the tenets and practice of a well recognized
religious denomination. The board of trustees may provide for payment by the
sanitary district of the premium or charge for such insurance.
If the board of trustees elects to provide the insurance, but does not
provide for a plan pursuant to which the
sanitary district pays the premium or charge for any group insurance plan,
the board of trustees may provide for the withholding and deducting from
the compensation of such of the employees and trustees as consent thereto
the premium or charge for any group life, health, accident, hospital and
medical insurance.
If the board of trustees elects to provide insurance under the provisions
of this Section, it may exercise the powers granted in this Section only
if the kinds of such group insurance are obtained from any insurance company
authorized to do business in the State of Illinois or any other for-profit or
not-for-profit organization or service offering similar coverage including
without limitation, hospitals, clinics, health maintenance organizations, and
physicians' groups. The board of trustees may enact an ordinance prescribing
the method of operation of the insurance or self-insurance program and for
entering into contracts with for-profit and not-for-profit organizations or
services providing health care services.
(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 90-697, eff. 8-7-98; 91-357, eff.
7-29-99.)
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