Illinois Compiled Statutes 110 ILCS 979/50 – Confidentiality and disclosure
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 110 ILCS 979/50
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
- State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
Information that (i) identifies the purchasers or qualified beneficiaries of any Illinois prepaid tuition contract or any terms or provisions of any such contract as those terms and provisions relate to a particular purchaser or qualified beneficiary, or (ii) discloses any other matter relating to the participation of any such purchaser or qualified beneficiary in the Illinois prepaid tuition program or in any independent plan under which that program is administered, is exempt from inspection, copying, or disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. The Commission may authorize the program’s records administrator to release such information to appropriate personnel at the eligible institution at which the beneficiary may enroll or is enrolled or to another state or federal agency, for purposes that the Commission deems appropriate, in accordance with applicable state and federal law. However, any such institution or agency to which that information is released shall ensure the continued confidentiality of the information.