5 ILCS 375/2
Sec.2.  Purpose...It is also the purpose of this Act to provide a program of health benefits (i) for certain benefit recipients of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois and their dependent beneficiaries and (ii) for certain eligible retired community college employees and their dependent beneficiaries (emphasis supplied).

Sec 3. Definitions...
 
 

(z) "Community college benefit recipient" means a person who:         (1) is not a "member" as defined in this Section; and         (2) is receiving a monthly survivor's annuity or

retirement annuity under Article 15 of the Illinois Pension Code; and

(3) either (i) was a full?time employee of a

community college district or an association of community college boards created under the Public Community College Act (other than an employee whose last employer under Article 15 of the Illinois Pension Code was a community college district subject to Article VII of the Public Community College Act) and was eligible to participate in a group health benefit plan as an employee during the time of employment with a community college district (other than a community college district subject to Article VII of the Public Community College Act) or an association of community college boards, or (ii) is the survivor of a person described in item (i).

(aa) "Community college dependent beneficiary" means a person who:         (1) is not a "member" or "dependent" as defined in

this Section; and

(2) is a community college benefit recipient's: (A)

spouse, (B) dependent parent who is receiving at least half of his or her support from the community college benefit recipient, or (C) unmarried natural or adopted child who is (i) under age 19, or (ii) enrolled as a full?time student in an accredited school, financially dependent upon the community college benefit recipient, eligible to be claimed as a dependent for income tax purposes and under age 23, or (iii) age 19 or over and mentally or physically handicapped.