(215 ILCS 200/10)
Sec. 10. Applicability; scope. This Act applies to health insurance coverage as defined in the Illinois Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and policies issued or delivered in this State to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and providing coverage to persons who are enrolled under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code or under the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act, with the exception of employee or employer self-insured health benefit plans under the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, health care provided pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act or the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, and State, employee, unit of local government, or school district health plans. This Act does not diminish a health care plan's duties and responsibilities under other federal or State law or rules promulgated thereunder. This Act is not intended to alter or impede the provisions of any consent decree or judicial order to which the State or any of its agencies is a party.
(Source: P.A. 102-409, eff. 1-1-22.) |