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2025 State Employee Group Health and Life Insurance
Mission Statement To administer high-quality benefit programs that contribute positively to the health, well-being, and financial security of statutorily specified groups of Illinois government employees and retirees, and their families.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. Develop, promote, and implement a comprehensive wellness program to improve the health of members and realize savings negotiated in the union contract. Raise awareness of current wellness options under existing group health plans.
    1. Identify savings and efficiencies in benefit programs.
      1. Ensure clear communication of plan details and benefits to all eligible participants during the benefits choice period.
        1. Improve the long-term health of eligible members by providing access to health-care and life insurance coverage.
          Source of Funds General Revenue Fund, Road Fund, Group Insurance Premium Fund, Health Insurance Reserve Fund Statutory Authority 5 ILCS 375, IRS 125.45.CFR1
          Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Actual
          Input Indicators
          Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 7,315,706.2 $ 6,394,286.7 $ 6,988,631.9 $ 5,428,885.6 $ 5,041,966.3
          Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 7,315,706.2 $ 6,394,286.7 $ 6,988,631.9 $ 5,428,885.6 $ 5,041,966.3
          Average monthly full-time equivalents 60.0 54.0 60.0 54.0 51.0
          Output Indicators
          Lives covered (Group Health): active employees 108,971 106,711 105,711 98,503 95,496
          Lives covered (Group Health): retired 99,127 99,064 98,889 98,754 98,482
          Lives covered (Group Health): dependents of active participants 127,937 126,265 126,390 117,499 116,438
          Lives covered (Group Health): dependents of retired participants 44,265 44,909 44,759 44,833 44,810
          Lives covered (Life Insurance): active 122,271 117,590 116,914 114,128 120,153
          Lives covered (Life Insurance): retired 102,061 101,996 101,816 101,677 107,708
          Lives covered (Life Insurance): dependents of active participants 93,086 89,817 89,294 87,231 83,032
          Lives covered (Life Insurance): dependents of retired participants 21,945 21,939 21,877 21,883 21,859
          Flexible spending accounts: participants 20,756 20,349 15,800 15,060 16,727
          Efficiency/Cost-Effectiveness Indicators
          Average cost of Group Health coverage per participant (in dollars) $ 10,741.00 $ 10,134.00 $ 10,752.00 $ 9,438.00 $ 8,927.00

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