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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1102 Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Jed Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | | Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In a provision concerning coverage of certain cancer screenings, adds having a high level of CA-125, as indicated by a blood test screening, to the definition of "at risk for ovarian cancer". Provides that "surveillance tests for ovarian cancer" means all medically viable methods for the detection and diagnosis of ovarian cancer, including, but not limited to, ultrasounds, magnetic resonance imagings (MRIs), x-rays, computed tomography (CT) scans, and CA-125 blood test screenings (instead of an annual screening using (i) CA-125 serum tumor marker testing, (ii) transvaginal ultrasound, (iii) pelvic examination). Effective January 1, 2027. |
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| | HB1102 | | LRB104 03831 BAB 13855 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation. |
2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
3 | | represented in the General Assembly: |
4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by |
5 | | changing Section 356u as follows: |
6 | | (215 ILCS 5/356u) |
7 | | Sec. 356u. Pap tests and prostate cancer screenings. |
8 | | (a) A group policy of accident and health insurance that |
9 | | provides coverage for hospital or medical treatment or |
10 | | services for illness on an expense-incurred basis and is |
11 | | amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after January 1, 2024 |
12 | | shall provide coverage, without imposing a deductible, |
13 | | coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement, |
14 | | for all of the following: |
15 | | (1) An annual cervical smear or Pap smear test for all |
16 | | insureds. |
17 | | (2) An annual prostate cancer screening for insureds |
18 | | upon the recommendation of a physician licensed to |
19 | | practice medicine in all its branches for: |
20 | | (A) asymptomatic individuals age 50 and over; |
21 | | (B) African-American individuals age 40 and over; |
22 | | and |
23 | | (C) individuals age 40 and over with a family |