104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB3605

 

Introduced 2/18/2025, by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 5/356u.10

    Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes changes to defined terms. Provides that a group policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after January 1, 2026 shall provide coverage for evidence-based cancer imaging for individuals with an increased risk of cancer as recommended by the current National Comprehensive Cancer Network clinical practice guidelines. Provides that this coverage shall be provided without cost-sharing, and the requirements of the Act shall not apply to the extent that providing coverage would disqualify a high-deductible health plan from eligibility for a health savings account.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
5changing Section 356u.10 as follows:
 
6    (215 ILCS 5/356u.10)
7    Sec. 356u.10. Genetic testing and evidence-based
8screenings for an inherited gene mutation.
9    (a) As used in In this Section: ,
10    "Genetic genetic testing for an inherited mutation" means
11germline multi-gene testing for an inherited mutation
12associated with an increased risk of cancer in accordance with
13evidence-based, clinical practice guidelines.
14    "Cost-sharing requirements" means a deductible,
15coinsurance, copayment, or any similar out-of-pocket expense.
16    "Evidence-based cancer imaging" means evidence-based
17cancer imaging modalities in accordance with the most recent
18version of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network clinical
19practice guidelines.
20    (b) A group policy of accident and health insurance or
21managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or
22renewed after January 1, 2026 shall provide coverage for
23clinical genetic testing for an inherited gene mutation for

 

 

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1individuals with a personal or family history of cancer, as
2recommended by a health care professional in accordance with
3current evidence-based clinical practice guidelines,
4including, but not limited to, the current version of the
5National Comprehensive Cancer Network clinical practice
6guidelines, and evidence-based cancer imaging for individuals
7with an increased risk of cancer as recommended by the current
8National Comprehensive Cancer Network clinical practice
9guidelines. This coverage shall be provided without
10cost-sharing. The coverage shall limit the total amount that a
11covered person is required to pay for a clinical genetic test
12under this subsection to an amount not to exceed $50, except
13for services for which cost sharing is prohibited under 42
14U.S.C. 300gg-13. This subsection (b) shall not apply to
15coverage of genetic testing to the extent that providing such
16coverage would disqualify a high-deductible health plan from
17eligibility for a health savings account pursuant to Section
18223 of the Internal Revenue Code.
19    (c) (Blank). For individuals with a genetic test that is
20positive for an inherited mutation associated with an
21increased risk of cancer, coverage required under this Section
22shall include any evidence-based screenings, as recommended by
23a health care professional in accordance with current
24evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, to the extent
25that the management recommendation is not already covered by
26the policy, except that coverage for evidence-based screenings

 

 

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1under this subsection (c) may be subject to a deductible,
2coinsurance, or other cost-sharing limitation so long as the
3limitation is not greater than that required for other related
4cancer risk management benefits covered under the policy. In
5this subsection, "evidence-based cancer screenings" means
6medically recommended evidence-based screening modalities in
7accordance with current clinical practice guidelines.
8(Source: P.A. 103-914, eff. 1-1-25.)