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	1	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4972 Introduced 2/7/2024, by Rep. Brandun Schweizer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 375/6.55 ILCS 375/6.6 Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that, at least 120 days prior to making any changes to the health benefits for TRS benefit recipients, the Department of Central Management Services shall post those changes on its website and shall submit the planned changes to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. Provides that at least 120 days prior to making any changes to funding for the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund, the Department shall post those changes on its website and shall submit the planned changes to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. LRB103 37243 MXP 67363 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4972 Introduced 2/7/2024, by Rep. Brandun Schweizer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 375/6.55 ILCS 375/6.6 5 ILCS 375/6.5 5 ILCS 375/6.6 Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that, at least 120 days prior to making any changes to the health benefits for TRS benefit recipients, the Department of Central Management Services shall post those changes on its website and shall submit the planned changes to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. Provides that at least 120 days prior to making any changes to funding for the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund, the Department shall post those changes on its website and shall submit the planned changes to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. LRB103 37243 MXP 67363 b LRB103 37243 MXP 67363 b A BILL FOR
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3	12		1 AN ACT concerning State government.
4	13		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	14		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	15		4 Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971
7		-	5 is amended by changing ~~Section~~ 6.5 as follows:
	16	+	5 is amended by changing Sections 6.5 and 6.6 as follows:
8	17		6 (5 ILCS 375/6.5)
9	18		7 Sec. 6.5. Health benefits for TRS benefit recipients and
10	19		8 TRS dependent beneficiaries.
11	20		9 (a) Purpose. It is the purpose of this amendatory Act of
12	21		10 1995 to transfer the administration of the program of health
13	22		11 benefits established for benefit recipients and their
14	23		12 dependent beneficiaries under Article 16 of the Illinois
15	24		13 Pension Code to the Department of Central Management Services.
16	25		14 (b) Transition provisions. The Board of Trustees of the
17	26		15 Teachers' Retirement System shall continue to administer the
18	27		16 health benefit program established under Article 16 of the
19	28		17 Illinois Pension Code through December 31, 1995. Beginning
20	29		18 January 1, 1996, the Department of Central Management Services
21	30		19 shall be responsible for administering a program of health
22	31		20 benefits for TRS benefit recipients and TRS dependent
23	32		21 beneficiaries under this Section. The Department of Central
24	33		22 Management Services and the Teachers' Retirement System shall
25	34		23 cooperate in this endeavor and shall coordinate their
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	42	+	Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that, at least 120 days prior to making any changes to the health benefits for TRS benefit recipients, the Department of Central Management Services shall post those changes on its website and shall submit the planned changes to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. Provides that at least 120 days prior to making any changes to funding for the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund, the Department shall post those changes on its website and shall submit the planned changes to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability.
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34	71		1 activities so as to ensure a smooth transition and
35	72		2 uninterrupted health benefit coverage.
36	73		3 (c) Eligibility. All persons who were enrolled in the
37	74		4 Article 16 program at the time of the transfer shall be
38	75		5 eligible to participate in the program established under this
39	76		6 Section without any interruption or delay in coverage or
40	77		7 limitation as to pre-existing medical conditions. Eligibility
41	78		8 to participate shall be determined by the Teachers' Retirement
42	79		9 System. Eligibility information shall be communicated to the
43	80		10 Department of Central Management Services in a format
44	81		11 acceptable to the Department.
45	82		12 Eligible TRS benefit recipients may enroll or re-enroll in
46	83		13 the program of health benefits established under this Section
47	84		14 during any applicable annual open enrollment period and as
48	85		15 otherwise permitted by the Department of Central Management
49	86		16 Services. A TRS benefit recipient shall not be deemed
50	87		17 ineligible to participate solely by reason of the TRS benefit
51	88		18 recipient having made a previous election to disenroll or
52	89		19 otherwise not participate in the program of health benefits.
53	90		20 A TRS dependent beneficiary who is a child age 19 or over
54	91		21 and mentally or physically disabled does not become ineligible
55	92		22 to participate by reason of (i) becoming ineligible to be
56	93		23 claimed as a dependent for Illinois or federal income tax
57	94		24 purposes or (ii) receiving earned income, so long as those
58	95		25 earnings are insufficient for the child to be fully
59	96		26 self-sufficient.
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70	107		1 (d) Coverage. The level of health benefits provided under
71	108		2 this Section shall be similar to the level of benefits
72	109		3 provided by the program previously established under Article
73	110		4 16 of the Illinois Pension Code.
74	111		5 Group life insurance benefits are not included in the
75	112		6 benefits to be provided to TRS benefit recipients and TRS
76	113		7 dependent beneficiaries under this Act.
77	114		8 The program of health benefits under this Section may
78	115		9 include any or all of the benefit limitations, including but
79	116		10 not limited to a reduction in benefits based on eligibility
80	117		11 for federal Medicare benefits, that are provided under
81	118		12 subsection (a) of Section 6 of this Act for other health
82	119		13 benefit programs under this Act.
83	120		14 (e) Insurance rates and premiums. The Director shall
84	121		15 determine the insurance rates and premiums for TRS benefit
85	122		16 recipients and TRS dependent beneficiaries, and shall present
86	123		17 to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois,
87	124		18 by April 15 of each calendar year, the rate-setting
88	125		19 methodology (including but not limited to utilization levels
89	126		20 and costs) used to determine the amount of the health care
90	127		21 premiums.
91	128		22 For Fiscal Year 1996, the premium shall be equal to
92	129		23 the premium actually charged in Fiscal Year 1995; in
93	130		24 subsequent years, the premium shall never be lower than
94	131		25 the premium charged in Fiscal Year 1995.
95	132		26 For Fiscal Year 2003, the premium shall not exceed
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106	143		1 110% of the premium actually charged in Fiscal Year 2002.
107	144		2 For Fiscal Year 2004, the premium shall not exceed
108	145		3 112% of the premium actually charged in Fiscal Year 2003.
109	146		4 For Fiscal Year 2005, the premium shall not exceed a
110	147		5 weighted average of 106.6% of the premium actually charged
111	148		6 in Fiscal Year 2004.
112	149		7 For Fiscal Year 2006, the premium shall not exceed a
113	150		8 weighted average of 109.1% of the premium actually charged
114	151		9 in Fiscal Year 2005.
115	152		10 For Fiscal Year 2007, the premium shall not exceed a
116	153		11 weighted average of 103.9% of the premium actually charged
117	154		12 in Fiscal Year 2006.
118	155		13 For Fiscal Year 2008 and thereafter, the premium in
119	156		14 each fiscal year shall not exceed 105% of the premium
120	157		15 actually charged in the previous fiscal year.
121	158		16 Rates and premiums may be based in part on age and
122	159		17 eligibility for federal medicare coverage. However, the cost
123	160		18 of participation for a TRS dependent beneficiary who is an
124	161		19 unmarried child age 19 or over and mentally or physically
125	162		20 disabled shall not exceed the cost for a TRS dependent
126	163		21 beneficiary who is an unmarried child under age 19 and
127	164		22 participates in the same major medical or managed care
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129	166		24 The cost of health benefits under the program shall be
130	167		25 paid as follows:
131	168		26 (1) For a TRS benefit recipient selecting a managed
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142	179		1 care program, up to 75% of the total insurance rate shall
143	180		2 be paid from the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund.
144	181		3 Effective with Fiscal Year 2007 and thereafter, for a TRS
145	182		4 benefit recipient selecting a managed care program, 75% of
146	183		5 the total insurance rate shall be paid from the Teacher
147	184		6 Health Insurance Security Fund.
148	185		7 (2) For a TRS benefit recipient selecting the major
149	186		8 medical coverage program, up to 50% of the total insurance
150	187		9 rate shall be paid from the Teacher Health Insurance
151	188		10 Security Fund if a managed care program is accessible, as
152	189		11 determined by the Teachers' Retirement System. Effective
153	190		12 with Fiscal Year 2007 and thereafter, for a TRS benefit
154	191		13 recipient selecting the major medical coverage program,
155	192		14 50% of the total insurance rate shall be paid from the
156	193		15 Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund if a managed care
157	194		16 program is accessible, as determined by the Department of
158	195		17 Central Management Services.
159	196		18 (3) For a TRS benefit recipient selecting the major
160	197		19 medical coverage program, up to 75% of the total insurance
161	198		20 rate shall be paid from the Teacher Health Insurance
162	199		21 Security Fund if a managed care program is not accessible,
163	200		22 as determined by the Teachers' Retirement System.
164	201		23 Effective with Fiscal Year 2007 and thereafter, for a TRS
165	202		24 benefit recipient selecting the major medical coverage
166	203		25 program, 75% of the total insurance rate shall be paid
167	204		26 from the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund if a
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178	215		1 managed care program is not accessible, as determined by
179	216		2 the Department of Central Management Services.
180	217		3 (3.1) For a TRS dependent beneficiary who is Medicare
181	218		4 primary and enrolled in a managed care plan, or the major
182	219		5 medical coverage program if a managed care plan is not
183	220		6 available, 25% of the total insurance rate shall be paid
184	221		7 from the Teacher Health Security Fund as determined by the
185	222		8 Department of Central Management Services. For the purpose
186	223		9 of this item (3.1), the term "TRS dependent beneficiary
187	224		10 who is Medicare primary" means a TRS dependent beneficiary
188	225		11 who is participating in Medicare Parts A and B.
189	226		12 (4) Except as otherwise provided in item (3.1), the
190	227		13 balance of the rate of insurance, including the entire
191	228		14 premium of any coverage for TRS dependent beneficiaries
192	229		15 that has been elected, shall be paid by deductions
193	230		16 authorized by the TRS benefit recipient to be withheld
194	231		17 from his or her monthly annuity or benefit payment from
195	232		18 the Teachers' Retirement System; except that (i) if the
196	233		19 balance of the cost of coverage exceeds the amount of the
197	234		20 monthly annuity or benefit payment, the difference shall
198	235		21 be paid directly to the Teachers' Retirement System by the
199	236		22 TRS benefit recipient, and (ii) all or part of the balance
200	237		23 of the cost of coverage may, at the school board's option,
201	238		24 be paid to the Teachers' Retirement System by the school
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214	251		1 the School Code. The Teachers' Retirement System shall
215	252		2 promptly deposit all moneys withheld by or paid to it
216	253		3 under this subdivision (e)(4) into the Teacher Health
217	254		4 Insurance Security Fund. These moneys shall not be
218	255		5 considered assets of the Retirement System.
219	256		6 (5) If, for any month beginning on or after January 1,
220	257		7 2013, a TRS benefit recipient or TRS dependent beneficiary
221	258		8 was enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B and such Medicare
222	259		9 coverage was primary to coverage under this Section but
223	260		10 payment for coverage under this Section was made at a rate
224	261		11 greater than the Medicare primary rate published by the
225	262		12 Department of Central Management Services, the TRS benefit
226	263		13 recipient or TRS dependent beneficiary shall be eligible
227	264		14 for a refund equal to the difference between the amount
228	265		15 paid by the TRS benefit recipient or TRS dependent
229	266		16 beneficiary and the published Medicare primary rate. To
230	267		17 receive a refund pursuant to this subsection, the TRS
231	268		18 benefit recipient or TRS dependent beneficiary must
232	269		19 provide documentation to the Department of Central
233	270		20 Management Services evidencing the TRS benefit recipient's
234	271		21 or TRS dependent beneficiary's Medicare coverage and the
235	272		22 amount paid by the TRS benefit recipient or TRS dependent
236	273		23 beneficiary during the applicable time period.
237	274		24 (f) Financing. Beginning July 1, 1995, all revenues
238	275		25 arising from the administration of the health benefit programs
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250	287		1 this Section shall be deposited into the Teacher Health
251	288		2 Insurance Security Fund, which is hereby created as a
252	289		3 nonappropriated trust fund to be held outside the State
253	290		4 Treasury, with the State Treasurer as custodian. Any interest
254	291		5 earned on moneys in the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund
255	292		6 shall be deposited into the Fund.
256	293		7 Moneys in the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund shall
257	294		8 be used only to pay the costs of the health benefit program
258	295		9 established under this Section, including associated
259	296		10 administrative costs, and the costs associated with the health
260	297		11 benefit program established under Article 16 of the Illinois
261	298		12 Pension Code, as authorized in this Section. Beginning July 1,
262	299		13 1995, the Department of Central Management Services may make
263	300		14 expenditures from the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund
264	301		15 for those costs.
265	302		16 After other funds authorized for the payment of the costs
266	303		17 of the health benefit program established under Article 16 of
267	304		18 the Illinois Pension Code are exhausted and until January 1,
268	305		19 1996 (or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Director
269	306		20 of Central Management Services and the Secretary of the
270	307		21 Teachers' Retirement System), the Secretary of the Teachers'
271	308		22 Retirement System may make expenditures from the Teacher
272	309		23 Health Insurance Security Fund as necessary to pay up to 75% of
273	310		24 the cost of providing health coverage to eligible benefit
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286	323		1 health benefit program and to facilitate the transfer of
287	324		2 administration of the health benefit program to the Department
288	325		3 of Central Management Services.
289	326		4 The Department of Central Management Services, or any
290	327		5 successor agency designated to procure healthcare contracts
291	328		6 pursuant to this Act, is authorized to establish funds,
292	329		7 separate accounts provided by any bank or banks as defined by
293	330		8 the Illinois Banking Act, or separate accounts provided by any
294	331		9 savings and loan association or associations as defined by the
295	332		10 Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 to be held by the
296	333		11 Director, outside the State treasury, for the purpose of
297	334		12 receiving the transfer of moneys from the Teacher Health
298	335		13 Insurance Security Fund. The Department may promulgate rules
299	336		14 further defining the methodology for the transfers. Any
300	337		15 interest earned by moneys in the funds or accounts shall inure
301	338		16 to the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund. The transferred
302	339		17 moneys, and interest accrued thereon, shall be used
303	340		18 exclusively for transfers to administrative service
304	341		19 organizations or their financial institutions for payments of
305	342		20 claims to claimants and providers under the self-insurance
306	343		21 health plan. The transferred moneys, and interest accrued
307	344		22 thereon, shall not be used for any other purpose including,
308	345		23 but not limited to, reimbursement of administration fees due
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310	347		25 contract or contracts with the Department.
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323	360		2 health benefits for TRS benefit recipients and their TRS
324	361		3 dependent beneficiaries that is provided for in this Section.
325	362		4 The contract or other arrangement for the provision of these
326	363		5 health benefits shall be on terms deemed by the Director to be
327	364		6 in the best interest of the State of Illinois and the TRS
328	365		7 benefit recipients based on, but not limited to, such criteria
329	366		8 as administrative cost, service capabilities of the carrier or
330	367		9 other contractor, and the costs of the benefits.
331	368		10 (g-5) Committee. A Teacher Retirement Insurance Program
332	369		11 Committee shall be established, to consist of 10 persons
333	370		12 appointed by the Governor.
334	371		13 The Committee shall convene at least 4 times each year,
335	372		14 and shall consider and make recommendations on issues
336	373		15 affecting the program of health benefits provided under this
337	374		16 Section. Recommendations of the Committee shall be based on a
338	375		17 consensus of the members of the Committee.
339	376		18 If the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund experiences
340	377		19 a deficit balance based upon the contribution and subsidy
341	378		20 rates established in this Section and Section 6.6 for Fiscal
342	379		21 Year 2008 or thereafter, the Committee shall make
343	380		22 recommendations for adjustments to the funding sources
344	381		23 established under these Sections.
345	382		24 In addition, the Committee shall identify proposed
346	383		25 solutions to the funding shortfalls that are affecting the
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	395	+	1 those solutions to the Governor and the General Assembly
	396	+	2 within 6 months after August 15, 2011 (the effective date of
	397	+	3 Public Act 97-386).
	398	+	4 (h) Continuation of program. It is the intention of the
	399	+	5 General Assembly that the program of health benefits provided
	400	+	6 under this Section be maintained on an ongoing, affordable
	401	+	7 basis.
	402	+	8 The program of health benefits provided under this Section
	403	+	9 may be amended by the State and is not intended to be a pension
	404	+	10 or retirement benefit subject to protection under Article
	405	+	11 XIII, Section 5 of the Illinois Constitution.
	406	+	12 (i) Repeal. (Blank).
	407	+	13 (j) At least 120 days prior to making any changes to the
	408	+	14 benefits allowed under this Section, the Department shall post
	409	+	15 those changes on its website and shall submit the planned
	410	+	16 changes to the Commission on Government Forecasting and
	411	+	17 Accountability.
	412	+	18 (Source: P.A. 101-483, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21.)
	413	+	19 (5 ILCS 375/6.6)
	414	+	20 Sec. 6.6. Contributions to the Teacher Health Insurance
	415	+	21 Security Fund.
	416	+	22 (a) Beginning July 1, 1995, all active contributors of the
	417	+	23 Teachers' Retirement System (established under Article 16 of
	418	+	24 the Illinois Pension Code) who are not employees of a
	419	+	25 department as defined in Section 3 of this Act shall make
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	430	+	1 contributions toward the cost of annuitant and survivor health
	431	+	2 benefits. These contributions shall be at the following rates:
	432	+	3 until January 1, 2002, 0.5% of salary; beginning January 1,
	433	+	4 2002, 0.65% of salary; beginning July 1, 2003, 0.75% of
	434	+	5 salary; beginning July 1, 2005, 0.80% of salary; beginning
	435	+	6 July 1, 2007, a percentage of salary to be determined by the
	436	+	7 Department of Central Management Services by rule, which in
	437	+	8 each fiscal year shall not exceed 105% of the percentage of
	438	+	9 salary actually required to be paid in the previous fiscal
	439	+	10 year.
	440	+	11 These contributions shall be deducted by the employer and
	441	+	12 paid to the System as service agent for the Department of
	442	+	13 Central Management Services. The System may use the same
	443	+	14 processes for collecting the contributions required by this
	444	+	15 subsection that it uses to collect contributions received from
	445	+	16 school districts and other covered employers under Sections
	446	+	17 16-154 and 16-155 of the Illinois Pension Code.
	447	+	18 An employer may agree to pick up or pay the contributions
	448	+	19 required under this subsection on behalf of the teacher; such
	449	+	20 contributions shall be deemed to have to have been paid by the
	450	+	21 teacher. Beginning January 1, 2002, if the employer does not
	451	+	22 directly pay the required member contribution, then the
	452	+	23 employer shall reduce the member's salary by an amount equal
	453	+	24 to the required contribution and shall then pay the
	454	+	25 contribution on behalf of the member. This reduction shall not
	455	+	26 change the amounts reported as creditable earnings to the
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	466	+	1 Teachers' Retirement System.
	467	+	2 A person who purchases optional service credit under
	468	+	3 Article 16 of the Illinois Pension Code for a period after June
	469	+	4 30, 1995 must also make a contribution under this subsection
	470	+	5 for that optional credit, at the rate provided in subsection
	471	+	6 (a), based on the salary used in computing the optional
	472	+	7 service credit, plus interest on this employee contribution.
	473	+	8 This contribution shall be collected by the System as service
	474	+	9 agent for the Department of Central Management Services. The
	475	+	10 contribution required under this subsection for the optional
	476	+	11 service credit must be paid in full before any annuity based on
	477	+	12 that credit begins.
	478	+	13 (a-5) Beginning January 1, 2002, every employer of a
	479	+	14 teacher (other than an employer that is a department as
	480	+	15 defined in Section 3 of this Act) shall pay an employer
	481	+	16 contribution toward the cost of annuitant and survivor health
	482	+	17 benefits. These contributions shall be computed as follows:
	483	+	18 (1) Beginning January 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003,
	484	+	19 the employer contribution shall be equal to 0.4% of each
	485	+	20 teacher's salary.
	486	+	21 (2) Beginning July 1, 2003, the employer contribution
	487	+	22 shall be equal to 0.5% of each teacher's salary.
	488	+	23 (3) Beginning July 1, 2005, the employer contribution
	489	+	24 shall be equal to 0.6% of each teacher's salary.
	490	+	25 (4) Beginning July 1, 2007, the employer contribution
	491	+	26 shall be a percentage of each teacher's salary to be
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	502	+	1 determined by the Department of Central Management
	503	+	2 Services by rule, which in each fiscal year shall not
	504	+	3 exceed 105% of the percentage of each teacher's salary
	505	+	4 actually required to be paid in the previous fiscal year.
	506	+	5 These contributions shall be paid by the employer to the
	507	+	6 System as service agent for the Department of Central
	508	+	7 Management Services. The System may use the same processes for
	509	+	8 collecting the contributions required by this subsection that
	510	+	9 it uses to collect contributions received from school
	511	+	10 districts and other covered employers under the Illinois
	512	+	11 Pension Code.
	513	+	12 The school district or other employing unit may pay these
	514	+	13 employer contributions out of any source of funding available
	515	+	14 for that purpose and shall forward the contributions to the
	516	+	15 System on the schedule established for the payment of member
	517	+	16 contributions.
	518	+	17 (b) The Teachers' Retirement System shall promptly deposit
	519	+	18 all moneys collected under subsections (a) and (a-5) of this
	520	+	19 Section into the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund
	521	+	20 created in Section 6.5 of this Act. The moneys collected under
	522	+	21 this Section shall be used only for the purposes authorized in
	523	+	22 Section 6.5 of this Act and shall not be considered to be
	524	+	23 assets of the Teachers' Retirement System. Contributions made
	525	+	24 under this Section are not transferable to other pension funds
	526	+	25 or retirement systems and are not refundable upon termination
	527	+	26 of service.
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	538	+	1 (c) On or before November 15 of each year, the Board of
	539	+	2 Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System shall certify to
	540	+	3 the Governor, the Director of Central Management Services, and
	541	+	4 the State Comptroller its estimate of the total amount of
	542	+	5 contributions to be paid under subsection (a) of this Section
	543	+	6 6.6 for the next fiscal year. The amount certified shall be
	544	+	7 decreased or increased each year by the amount that the actual
	545	+	8 active teacher contributions either fell short of or exceeded
	546	+	9 the estimate used by the Board in making the certification for
	547	+	10 the previous fiscal year. The certification shall include a
	548	+	11 detailed explanation of the methods and information that the
	549	+	12 Board relied upon in preparing its estimate. As soon as
	550	+	13 possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
	551	+	14 the 92nd General Assembly, the Board shall recalculate and
	552	+	15 recertify its certifications for fiscal years 2002 and 2003.
	553	+	16 (d) Beginning in fiscal year 1996, on the first day of each
	554	+	17 month, or as soon thereafter as may be practical, the State
	555	+	18 Treasurer and the State Comptroller shall transfer from the
	556	+	19 General Revenue Fund to the Teacher Health Insurance Security
	557	+	20 Fund 1/12 of the annual amount appropriated for that fiscal
	558	+	21 year to the State Comptroller for deposit into the Teacher
	559	+	22 Health Insurance Security Fund under Section 1.3 of the State
	560	+	23 Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act.
	561	+	24 (e) Except where otherwise specified in this Section, the
	562	+	25 definitions that apply to Article 16 of the Illinois Pension
	563	+	26 Code apply to this Section.
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