Public Act 095-0985
 		





HB1533 Re-Enrolled
LRB095 04187 KBJ 24225 b






    AN ACT concerning insurance.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance  Act is 
amended  by changing Sections 30 and 45 and  by adding Section 63 
as follows:
 
    (215 ILCS 170/30)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)

    Sec. 30. Program outreach and marketing. The Department may 
provide grants to application agents and other community-based 
organizations to educate the public about the availability of 
the Program.  The Department shall adopt rules regarding 
performance standards and outcomes measures expected of 
organizations that are awarded grants under this Section, 
including penalties for nonperformance of contract standards.

    The Department shall annually publish electronically on a 
State website and in no less than 2 newspapers in the State the 
premiums or other cost sharing requirements of the Program.

(Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
    (215 ILCS 170/45)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)

    Sec. 45. Study; contracts.
    (a) The Department shall conduct a study that includes, but 
is not limited to, the following:
        (1) Establishing estimates, broken down by regions of 
    the State, of the number of children with and without 
    health insurance coverage; the number of children who are 
    eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance 
    Program, and, of that number, the number who are enrolled 
    in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program; and 
    the number of children with access to dependent coverage 
    through an employer, and, of that number, the number who 
    are enrolled in dependent coverage through an employer.
        (2) Surveying those families whose children have 
    access to employer-sponsored dependent coverage but who 
    decline such coverage as to the reasons for declining 
    coverage.
        (3) Ascertaining, for the population of children 
    accessing employer-sponsored dependent coverage or who 
    have access to such coverage, the comprehensiveness of 
    dependent coverage available, the amount of cost-sharing 
    currently paid by the employees, and the cost-sharing 
    associated with such coverage.
        (4) Measuring the health outcomes or other benefits for 
    children utilizing the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance 
    Program and analyzing the effects on utilization of 
    healthcare services for children after enrollment in the 
    Program compared to the preceding period of uninsured 
    status.  
    (b) The studies described in subsection (a) shall be 
conducted in a manner that compares a time period preceding or 
at the initiation of the program with a later period.
    (c) The Department shall submit the preliminary results of 
the study to the Governor and the General Assembly no later 
than July 1, 2008 and shall submit the final results to the 
Governor and the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2010.

    (d) The Department shall submit copies of all contracts 
awarded for the administration of the Program to the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House 
of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the 
Minority Leader of the Senate.

(Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
    (215 ILCS 170/63  new)
    Sec. 63. Audits by the Auditor General. The Auditor General 
shall annually cause an audit to be made of the Program, 
beginning June 30, 2008 and each June 30th thereafter. The 
audit shall include payments for health services covered by the 
Program and contracts entered into by the Department in 
relation to the Program.