Illinois Administrative Code › Title 80 - PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES › Part 2200 - STATE EMPLOYEES GROUP INSURANCE PROGRAM RETIREE PREMIUM CONTRIBUTIONS › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 2200.130 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Whenever used in this Part, the following terms shall have
				  the meanings set forth in this Section unless otherwise expressly provided, and
				  when the defined meaning is intended, the term is capitalized.
"Act" means the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971
				  [5 ILCS 375 ].
"Annuitant" means:
an employee who retires, or has retired, on or after January
				  1, 1966 on an immediate annuity under the provisions of Articles 2, 14
				  (including an employee who has elected to receive an alternative retirement
				  cancellation payment under Section 14-108.5 of the Illinois Pension Code in
				  lieu of an annuity), 15 (including an employee who has retired under the
				  optional retirement program established under Section 15-158.2 of the Code),
				  Section 16-106(2), (3) or (5) of the Code, or Article 18 of the Code;
any person who was receiving group insurance coverage under
				  the Act as of March 31, 1978 by reason of his or her status as an annuitant,
				  even though the annuity in relation to which the coverage was provided is a
				  proportional annuity based on less than the minimum period of service required
				  for a retirement annuity in the system involved;
any person not otherwise covered by the Act who has retired
				  as a participating member under Article 2 of the Code but is ineligible for the
				  retirement annuity under Section 2-119 of the Code; or
the spouse of any person who is receiving a retirement
				  annuity under Article 18 of the Code and who is covered under a group health
				  insurance program sponsored by a governmental employer other than the State of
				  Illinois and who has irrevocably elected to waive his or her coverage under the
				  Act and to have his or her spouse considered as the "annuitant" under the Act
				  and not as a "dependent".
"CMS" means the Illinois Department of Central Management
				  Services.
"Code" means the Illinois Pension Code [40 ILCS 5 ].
"Department" means any Department, institution, board,
				  commission, officer, court or any agency of the State government as defined in
				  Section 3(g) of the Act.
"Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of
				  Central Management Services or of any successor agency designated to administer
				  the Act.
"GARS" means the General Assembly Retirement System.
"JRS" means the Judges Retirement System.
"Retired Employee" means any person who would be an annuitant
				  as that term is defined in this Section but for the fact that the person
				  retired prior to January 1, 1966. The term also includes any person formerly
				  employed by the University of Illinois in the Cooperative Extension Service who
				  would be an annuitant but for the fact that the person was made ineligible to
				  participate in SURS by Section 15-107(a)(4) of the Code.
"Retirement Systems" means the General Assembly Retirement
				  System, the Judges Retirement System, the State Employees' Retirement System,
				  the State Universities Retirement System and the Teachers' Retirement
				  System.
"SERS" means the State Employees' Retirement System.
"SURS" means the State Universities Retirement System.
"Survivor" means a person receiving an annuity as a survivor
				  of an employee or of an annuitant. "Survivor" also includes:
the surviving dependent of a person who satisfies the
				  definition of "employee" except that the person is made ineligible to
				  participate in SURS by Section 15-107(a)(4) of the Code;
the surviving dependent of any person formerly employed by
				  the University of Illinois in the Cooperative Extension Service who would be an
				  annuitant except for the fact that the person was made ineligible to
				  participate in SURS by Section 15-107(a)(4) of the Code; and
the surviving dependent of a person who was an annuitant
				  under the Act by virtue of receiving an alternative retirement cancellation
				  payment under Section 14-108.5 of the Code.
"TRS" means the Teachers' Retirement
				  System.