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Public Act 103-0753 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation. | ||||
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly: | ||||
Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by | ||||
adding Section 356z.61 as follows: | ||||
(215 ILCS 5/356z.61 new) | ||||
Sec. 356z.61. Wigs and hair prostheses. A group or | ||||
individual plan of accident and health insurance or managed | ||||
care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after January | ||||
1, 2026 must provide coverage, no less than once every 12 | ||||
months, for one wig or other scalp prosthesis worn for hair | ||||
loss caused by alopecia, chemotherapy, or radiation treatment | ||||
for cancer or other conditions. | ||||
Section 10. The Health Maintenance Organization Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 5-3 as follows: | ||||
(215 ILCS 125/5-3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2) | ||||
Sec. 5-3. Insurance Code provisions. | ||||
(a) Health Maintenance Organizations shall be subject to | ||||
the provisions of Sections 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140, | ||||
141.1, 141.2, 141.3, 143, 143c, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, | ||||
154, 154.5, 154.6, 154.7, 154.8, 155.04, 155.22a, 355.2, |
355.3, 355b, 355c, 356g.5-1, 356m, 356q, 356v, 356w, 356x, | ||
356y, 356z.2, 356z.3a, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.5, 356z.6, | ||
356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, | ||
356z.15, 356z.17, 356z.18, 356z.19, 356z.21, 356z.22, 356z.25, | ||
356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.30, 356z.30a, 356z.32, 356z.33, | ||
356z.35, 356z.36, 356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.48, | ||
356z.50, 356z.51, 356z.53 256z.53 , 356z.54, 356z.56, 356z.57, | ||
356z.59, 356z.60, 356z.61, 364, 364.01, 364.3, 367.2, 367.2-5, | ||
367i, 368a, 368b, 368c, 368d, 368e, 370c, 370c.1, 401, 401.1, | ||
402, 403, 403A, 408, 408.2, 409, 412, 444, and 444.1, | ||
paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of Section 367, and Articles | ||
IIA, VIII 1/2, XII, XII 1/2, XIII, XIII 1/2, XXV, XXVI, and | ||
XXXIIB of the Illinois Insurance Code. | ||
(b) For purposes of the Illinois Insurance Code, except | ||
for Sections 444 and 444.1 and Articles XIII and XIII 1/2, | ||
Health Maintenance Organizations in the following categories | ||
are deemed to be "domestic companies": | ||
(1) a corporation authorized under the Dental Service | ||
Plan Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act; | ||
(2) a corporation organized under the laws of this | ||
State; or | ||
(3) a corporation organized under the laws of another | ||
state, 30% or more of the enrollees of which are residents | ||
of this State, except a corporation subject to | ||
substantially the same requirements in its state of | ||
organization as is a "domestic company" under Article VIII |
1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code. | ||
(c) In considering the merger, consolidation, or other | ||
acquisition of control of a Health Maintenance Organization | ||
pursuant to Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code, | ||
(1) the Director shall give primary consideration to | ||
the continuation of benefits to enrollees and the | ||
financial conditions of the acquired Health Maintenance | ||
Organization after the merger, consolidation, or other | ||
acquisition of control takes effect; | ||
(2)(i) the criteria specified in subsection (1)(b) of | ||
Section 131.8 of the Illinois Insurance Code shall not | ||
apply and (ii) the Director, in making his determination | ||
with respect to the merger, consolidation, or other | ||
acquisition of control, need not take into account the | ||
effect on competition of the merger, consolidation, or | ||
other acquisition of control; | ||
(3) the Director shall have the power to require the | ||
following information: | ||
(A) certification by an independent actuary of the | ||
adequacy of the reserves of the Health Maintenance | ||
Organization sought to be acquired; | ||
(B) pro forma financial statements reflecting the | ||
combined balance sheets of the acquiring company and | ||
the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be | ||
acquired as of the end of the preceding year and as of | ||
a date 90 days prior to the acquisition, as well as pro |
forma financial statements reflecting projected | ||
combined operation for a period of 2 years; | ||
(C) a pro forma business plan detailing an | ||
acquiring party's plans with respect to the operation | ||
of the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be | ||
acquired for a period of not less than 3 years; and | ||
(D) such other information as the Director shall | ||
require. | ||
(d) The provisions of Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois | ||
Insurance Code and this Section 5-3 shall apply to the sale by | ||
any health maintenance organization of greater than 10% of its | ||
enrollee population (including without limitation the health | ||
maintenance organization's right, title, and interest in and | ||
to its health care certificates). | ||
(e) In considering any management contract or service | ||
agreement subject to Section 141.1 of the Illinois Insurance | ||
Code, the Director (i) shall, in addition to the criteria | ||
specified in Section 141.2 of the Illinois Insurance Code, | ||
take into account the effect of the management contract or | ||
service agreement on the continuation of benefits to enrollees | ||
and the financial condition of the health maintenance | ||
organization to be managed or serviced, and (ii) need not take | ||
into account the effect of the management contract or service | ||
agreement on competition. | ||
(f) Except for small employer groups as defined in the | ||
Small Employer Rating, Renewability and Portability Health |
Insurance Act and except for medicare supplement policies as | ||
defined in Section 363 of the Illinois Insurance Code, a | ||
Health Maintenance Organization may by contract agree with a | ||
group or other enrollment unit to effect refunds or charge | ||
additional premiums under the following terms and conditions: | ||
(i) the amount of, and other terms and conditions with | ||
respect to, the refund or additional premium are set forth | ||
in the group or enrollment unit contract agreed in advance | ||
of the period for which a refund is to be paid or | ||
additional premium is to be charged (which period shall | ||
not be less than one year); and | ||
(ii) the amount of the refund or additional premium | ||
shall not exceed 20% of the Health Maintenance | ||
Organization's profitable or unprofitable experience with | ||
respect to the group or other enrollment unit for the | ||
period (and, for purposes of a refund or additional | ||
premium, the profitable or unprofitable experience shall | ||
be calculated taking into account a pro rata share of the | ||
Health Maintenance Organization's administrative and | ||
marketing expenses, but shall not include any refund to be | ||
made or additional premium to be paid pursuant to this | ||
subsection (f)). The Health Maintenance Organization and | ||
the group or enrollment unit may agree that the profitable | ||
or unprofitable experience may be calculated taking into | ||
account the refund period and the immediately preceding 2 | ||
plan years. |
The Health Maintenance Organization shall include a | ||
statement in the evidence of coverage issued to each enrollee | ||
describing the possibility of a refund or additional premium, | ||
and upon request of any group or enrollment unit, provide to | ||
the group or enrollment unit a description of the method used | ||
to calculate (1) the Health Maintenance Organization's | ||
profitable experience with respect to the group or enrollment | ||
unit and the resulting refund to the group or enrollment unit | ||
or (2) the Health Maintenance Organization's unprofitable | ||
experience with respect to the group or enrollment unit and | ||
the resulting additional premium to be paid by the group or | ||
enrollment unit. | ||
In no event shall the Illinois Health Maintenance | ||
Organization Guaranty Association be liable to pay any | ||
contractual obligation of an insolvent organization to pay any | ||
refund authorized under this Section. | ||
(g) Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, | ||
if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in | ||
accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative | ||
Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint | ||
Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so | ||
adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized. | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; | ||
101-281, eff. 1-1-20; 101-371, eff. 1-1-20; 101-393, eff. | ||
1-1-20; 101-452, eff. 1-1-20; 101-461, eff. 1-1-20; 101-625, | ||
eff. 1-1-21; 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-34, eff. 6-25-21; |
102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-443, eff. | ||
1-1-22; 102-589, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665, | ||
eff. 10-8-21; 102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-775, eff. 5-13-22; | ||
102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816, eff. | ||
1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-901, eff. 7-1-22; 102-1093, | ||
eff. 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; revised 1-22-23.) | ||
Section 15. The Voluntary Health Services Plans Act is | ||
amended by changing Section 10 as follows: | ||
(215 ILCS 165/10) (from Ch. 32, par. 604) | ||
Sec. 10. Application of Insurance Code provisions. Health | ||
services plan corporations and all persons interested therein | ||
or dealing therewith shall be subject to the provisions of | ||
Articles IIA and XII 1/2 and Sections 3.1, 133, 136, 139, 140, | ||
143, 143c, 149, 155.22a, 155.37, 354, 355.2, 355.3, 355b, | ||
356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356q, 356r, 356t, 356u, 356v, 356w, | ||
356x, 356y, 356z.1, 356z.2, 356z.3a, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.5, | ||
356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, | ||
356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.18, 356z.19, 356z.21, 356z.22, 356z.25, | ||
356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.30, 356z.30a, 356z.32, 356z.33, | ||
356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54, | ||
356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.60, 356z.61, 364.01, 364.3, | ||
367.2, 368a, 401, 401.1, 402, 403, 403A, 408, 408.2, and 412, | ||
and paragraphs (7) and (15) of Section 367 of the Illinois | ||
Insurance Code. |
Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if | ||
any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance | ||
with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | ||
Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on | ||
Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for | ||
whatever reason, is unauthorized. | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; | ||
101-281, eff. 1-1-20; 101-393, eff. 1-1-20; 101-625, eff. | ||
1-1-21; 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, | ||
eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; | ||
102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-775, eff. 5-13-22; 102-804, eff. | ||
1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816, eff. 1-1-23; 102-860, | ||
eff. 1-1-23; 102-901, eff. 7-1-22; 102-1093, eff. 1-1-23; | ||
102-1117, eff. 1-13-23.) | ||
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. |