REPORT DIGEST

STATE EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF
ILLINOIS

COMPLIANCE EXAMINATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2021

Release Date:  July 6, 2023

State of Illinois, Office of the
Auditor General
FRANK J. MAUTINO, AUDITOR GENERAL

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INTRODUCTION

This digest covers the Compliance
Examination of Census Data for other
post-employment benefits (OPEB) for the
following agencies (collectively, the
Employers) as of and for the year ended
June 30, 2021:

• State of Illinois, Office of the
Secretary of State
• State of Illinois, Department of
Children and Family Services
• State of Illinois, Department of
Corrections
• State of Illinois, Department of
Human Services
• State of Illinois, Department of
Lottery
• State of Illinois, Department of
Healthcare and Family Services
• State of Illinois, Department of
Revenue
• State of Illinois, Capital
Development Board
• State of Illinois, Environmental
Protection Agency, Fund 270 – Water
Revolving Fund
• Illinois State Board of Education
• Illinois Student Assistance
Commission
• Illinois Workers’ Compensation
Commission, Self-Insurers Security Fund

Our Special Assistant Auditors for the
State Employees’ Retirement System of
Illinois (System) were engaged to
perform various census testing to
determine the Employers’ compliance
over certain specified requirements.
Those requirements were as follows:

A. All of the Employers’ employees
required to be enrolled in the System
in accordance with applicable laws,
rules, and regulations were properly
enrolled in the System during the
census data accumulation year ended
June 30, 2021.

B. The changes in significant elements
of census data for employees required
to be enrolled in the State Employees’
Group Insurance Program (Plan)
administered by the State of Illinois,
Department of Central Management
Services (CMS), in accordance with the
individual employee’s election to
participate, occurring during the
census data accumulation year ended
June 30, 2021, were completely and
accurately reported by the Employers to
CMS through the System.

The significant elements of census data
of the Plan include each employee’s:

a. social security number;
b. first and last name;
c. date of birth; and,
d. gender.

C. The employer group insurance
contributions for funds other than the
General Revenue Fund, which includes
contributions for both current
employees and an additional amount to
cover retiree benefits under a pay as
you go methodology, remitted by the
Employers for the Plan to CMS during
the allocation year ended June 30,
2022, were complete, accurate, and in
accordance with applicable laws, rules,
and regulations.  Further, General
Revenue Fund payroll paid by the
Employers and recorded within the
Statewide Accounting Management System
under detail object code 1120 was
complete, accurate, and in accordance
with applicable laws, rules, and
regulations.

SYNOPSIS

Two of the Employers had a finding for
exceptions noted during the detailed
testing of the census data which have
been enumerated within their individual
sections of the Compliance Examination
of Census Data Report.  These included
the Office of the Secretary of State
and the Illinois Workers’ Compensation
Commission.

ACCOUNTANT’S OPINION

The accountants conducted a compliance
examination of census data for the
Employers for the year ended June 30,
2021. The accountants stated the
Employers complied, in all material
respects, with the requirements
described in the report.

This compliance examination of census
data was conducted by RSM US LLP.

JANE CLARK
Division Director

This report is transmitted in
accordance with Section 3-14 of the
Illinois State Auditing Act.

FRANK J. MAUTINO
Auditor General

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