Sen. Dan Cronin
Filed: 5/24/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 881




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 881 on page 1, line 
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4, after "amended", by inserting "by changing Section 10-22.3a 
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and"; and 

 
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on page 1, immediately below line 5, by inserting the 
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following:
 



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    "(105 ILCS 5/10-22.3a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.3a)



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    Sec. 10-22.3a. To provide for or to participate in 
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provisions for insurance
protection and benefits for its 
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employees and their dependents including
but not limited to 
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retirement annuities, medical, surgical and
hospitalization 
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benefits in such types and amounts, if any, as shall be

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determined by the board, for the purpose of aiding in securing 
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and
retaining the services of competent employees. Where 
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employee participation
in such provisions is involved, the 
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board, with the consent of the
employee, may withhold 
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deductions from the employee's salary necessary to
defray the 
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employee's share of such insurance costs.  Such insurance or

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benefits may be contracted for only with an insurance company 
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authorized to
do business in this State.  Such insurance may 
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include provisions
for employees and their dependents who rely 
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on treatment by prayer or
spiritual means alone for healing, in 
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accordance with the tenets and
practice of a recognized 
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religious denomination.

 


 






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    For purposes of this Section, the term "dependent" means an 
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employee's
spouse and any unmarried child (1) under the age of 
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19 years including (a)
an adopted child and (b) a step-child or 
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recognized child who lives with
the employee in a regular 
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parent-child relationship, or (2) under the age
of 23 who is 
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enrolled as a full-time student in any accredited school,

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college or university. Nothing contained in this Code may 
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preclude an elected school board member from participating in a 
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group health insurance program provided to an employee of the 
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school district that the board member serves if the board 
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member is a dependent of that employee.


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(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)".