| Topic: | Death Benefits |
| Subtopic: | Death Certificates |
| Date: | 2/17/2017 |
| Status: | Active |
WHEREAS, section 7-198 of the Illinois Pension Code authorizes the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund to establish rules necessary or desirable for the efficient administration of the Fund; and
WHEREAS, Section 7-179 of the Pension Code gives the Board of Trustees the responsibility to authorize the payment of any annuity or other benefit in accordance with Article 7 of the Pension Code; and
WHEREAS, section 7-163 of the Pension Code provides the eligibility requirements for IMRF death benefits, which includes submitting a certified copy of the death certificate of the annuitant or employee; and
WHEREAS, P.A. 99-683 requires the Illinois Department of Public Health to make available to the Illinois public retirement systems, at no charge, death information contained in its vital records; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Public Health makes death information from its records available through copies of administrative death certificates; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate that IMRF accept the Illinois Department of Public Health administrative death certificate as equivalent to a certified copy of a death certificate.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund that IMRF will accept the Illinois Department of Public Health administrative death certificate as equivalent to a certified copy of a death certificate.