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Senate approves IPERS-related modernization bill permitting name/location release for outreach and payment flexibility
Summary
Senate file 2297 (substituted by House file 23 45) was adopted on the floor after an amendment and substitutes; the measure permits IPERS to release name and last known address to the state treasurer to assist locating members/beneficiaries, allows flexible distribution timing for benefit statements, and permits monthly payments via reloadable cards while keeping check options.
Senator Westrich (Senator from Wafula) introduced legislation proposed by IPERS that includes three modernization provisions: allowing IPERS to release the legal name and last-known address of a member or beneficiary to the state treasurer to assist in locating the individual (for purposes such as unclaimed property outreach), removing a requirement that annual benefit statements be distributed between January and July in favor of flexible incremental distribution, and permitting retired members to receive monthly payments via reloadable payment cards while retaining checks as an option.
Senate Amendment 51 50 was offered to conform the bill to House file 2345; the amendment was adopted and the senator moved substitution of House file 2345 for Senate file 2297. The Senate read the substituted House file, recorded roll-call votes, and the clerk reported the passage (I 46, nay 0). After passage, Senator Westrich asked unanimous consent to withdraw Senate file 2297.
The floor remarks were limited to sponsor explanation and routine procedural motions; no fiscal or privacy-implementation discussion beyond the sponsor's summary was recorded in the excerpt.
