AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by Sections 4-6.1, 4-17, 5-2 and 5-7 of the Health Maintenance Organization Act [215 ILCS 125/4-6.1, 4-17, 5-2 and 5-7]; 42 U.S.C. 300gg-22; and 45 CFR 150.101(b)(2) and 150.201.
SOURCE: Filed June 16, 1976, effective July 1, 1976; codified at 7 Ill. Reg. 3016; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 199, effective December 28, 1990; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 10639, effective July 25, 1996; recodified at 21 Ill. Reg. 1729; emergency amendment at 21 Ill. Reg. 15262, effective November 18, 1997, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 6671, effective March 31, 1998; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 5690, effective May 3, 1999; emergency amendment at 26 Ill. Reg. 5146, effective March 25, 2002, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 13088, effective August 19, 2002; transferred from the Department of Insurance to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation pursuant to Executive Order 2004-6 on July 1, 2004; amended at 28 Ill. Reg. 14412, effective October 19, 2004; amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 4732, effective March 2, 2006; transferred from the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to the Department of Insurance pursuant to Executive Order 2009-4 on June 1, 2009; amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 14032, effective August 26, 2013; amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 2272, effective January 2, 2014; amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 23437, effective November 25, 2014; amended at 39 Ill. Reg. 6505, effective April 24, 2015; recodified from 50 Ill. Adm. Code 5421 to 50 Ill. Adm. Code 4521 at 41 Ill. Reg. 4985; amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 9386, effective August 26, 2019; amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 7266, effective April 30, 2024.