SB1915 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1915

Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Michael Noland

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Single-payer Health and Universal Care System Act. Sets forth the findings of the General Assembly. Provides that in conjunction with the Department of Insurance, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall examine the feasibility of creating and implementing a health care access plan that accomplishes certain goals. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall issue a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2012. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

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

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Single-payer Health and Universal Care System Act.

Section 5. Findings. Single-payer health care demonstrated by Medicare and the Veterans Administration is a well-tested model that has been proven to contain the growth in health care spending while promoting quality improvements and maintaining comprehensive coverage. It is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a system of universal health coverage in this State that provides all residents with comprehensive health care benefits, guarantees a single standard care for all residents, stabilizes the growth in health care spending, and improves the quality of health care for all residents.

Section 10. Definitions. In this Act, "Department" means the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

Section 15. Health care access plan. In conjunction with the Department of Insurance, the Department shall examine the feasibility of creating and implementing a health care access plan that does the following:

(1) provides access to a full range of preventive, acute, and long-term health care services;

(2) maintains and improves the quality of health care services offered to Illinois residents;

(3) provides portability of coverage, regardless of employment status;

(4) provides uniform benefits for all Illinois residents;

(5) encourages regional and local consumer participation in decisions about health care delivery, financing, and provider supply;

(6) controls capital and overall expenditures;

(7) provides global budgeting for health care providers;

(8) avoids unnecessary duplication in the development and availability of health care facilities and services;

(9) offers a mechanism for reviewing and implementing multiple approaches to preventive medicine based on new technologies; and

(10) implements comprehensive health planning tied to a unified State health care budget.

Section 20. Report. The Department shall issue a report of its findings and recommendation to the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2012.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.