(a) Staff employed by the Illinois Health Information Exchange Office (Office) on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall remain employed and continue their service within the Department of Healthcare and Family Services after the repeal of the Illinois Health Information Exchange and Technology Act and the cessation or dissolution of the Office. The status and rights of such employees shall not be affected by the repeal of the Illinois Health Information Exchange and Technology Act or the cessation of the Office except that, notwithstanding any other State law to the contrary, those employees shall maintain their seniority and their positions shall convert to titles of comparable organizational level under the Personnel Code and become subject to the Personnel Code. Other than the changes described in this paragraph, the rights of employees, the State of Illinois, and State agencies under the Personnel Code or under any pension, retirement, or annuity plan shall not be affected by this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
     (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and in addition to any other transfers that may be provided by law, on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the remaining balance from the Health Information Exchange Fund to the General Revenue Fund. Upon completion of the transfer, the Health Information Exchange Fund is dissolved, and any future deposits due to that Fund and any outstanding obligations or liabilities of that Fund shall pass to the General Revenue Fund.