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91_HB1844
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1 AN ACT concerning health care coverage relating to cancer
2 therapies, amending named Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of
6 1971 is amended by changing Section 6.11 as follows:
7 (5 ILCS 375/6.11)
8 Sec. 6.11. Required health benefits. The program of
9 health benefits shall provide the post-mastectomy care
10 benefits required to be covered by a policy of accident and
11 health insurance under Section 356t of the Illinois Insurance
12 Code. The program of health benefits shall provide the
13 coverage required under Sections 356u, 356w, and 356x, and
14 356y of the Illinois Insurance Code.
15 (Source: P.A. 90-7, eff. 6-10-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98;
16 90-741, eff. 1-1-99.)
17 Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing
18 Section 5-1069.3 as follows:
19 (55 ILCS 5/5-1069.3)
20 Sec. 5-1069.3. Required health benefits. If a county,
21 including a home rule county, is a self-insurer for purposes
22 of providing health insurance coverage for its employees, the
23 coverage shall include coverage for the post-mastectomy care
24 benefits required to be covered by a policy of accident and
25 health insurance under Section 356t and the coverage required
26 under Sections 356u, 356w, and 356x, and 356y of the Illinois
27 Insurance Code. The requirement that health benefits be
28 covered as provided in this Section is an exclusive power and
29 function of the State and is a denial and limitation under
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1 Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois
2 Constitution. A home rule county to which this Section
3 applies must comply with every provision of this Section.
4 (Source: P.A. 90-7, eff. 6-10-97; 90-741, eff. 1-1-99.)
5 Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
6 changing Section 10-4-2.3 as follows:
7 (65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3)
8 Sec. 10-4-2.3. Required health benefits. If a
9 municipality, including a home rule municipality, is a
10 self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance
11 coverage for its employees, the coverage shall include
12 coverage for the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be
13 covered by a policy of accident and health insurance under
14 Section 356t and the coverage required under Sections 356u,
15 356w, and 356x, and 356y of the Illinois Insurance Code. The
16 requirement that health benefits be covered as provided in
17 this is an exclusive power and function of the State and is a
18 denial and limitation under Article VII, Section 6,
19 subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution. A home rule
20 municipality to which this Section applies must comply with
21 every provision of this Section.
22 (Source: P.A. 90-7, eff. 6-10-97; 90-741, eff. 1-1-99.)
23 Section 20. The School Code is amended by changing
24 Section 10-22.3f as follows:
25 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.3f)
26 Sec. 10-22.3f. Required health benefits. Insurance
27 protection and benefits for employees shall provide the
28 post-mastectomy care benefits required to be covered by a
29 policy of accident and health insurance under Section 356t
30 and the coverage required under Sections 356u, 356w, and 356x
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1 , and 356y of the Illinois Insurance Code.
2 (Source: P.A. 90-7, eff. 6-10-97; 90-741, eff. 1-1-99.)
3 Section 25. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
4 adding Section 356y as follows:
5 (215 ILCS 5/356y new)
6 Sec. 356y. Cancer therapy; hair substitute. An
7 individual or group policy of accident and health insurance
8 amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective
9 date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly must
10 include coverage for wigs and hair weaves necessitated by the
11 side-effects of cancer therapies.
12 Section 30. The Health Maintenance Organization Act is
13 amended by changing Section 5-3 as follows:
14 (215 ILCS 125/5-3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2)
15 Sec. 5-3. Insurance Code provisions.
16 (a) Health Maintenance Organizations shall be subject to
17 the provisions of Sections 133, 134, 137, 140, 141.1, 141.2,
18 141.3, 143, 143c, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154, 154.5,
19 154.6, 154.7, 154.8, 155.04, 355.2, 356m, 356v, 356w, 356x,
20 356y, 367i, 401, 401.1, 402, 403, 403A, 408, 408.2, 409, 412,
21 444, and 444.1, paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of Section
22 367, and Articles VIII 1/2, XII, XII 1/2, XIII, XIII 1/2,
23 XXV, and XXVI of the Illinois Insurance Code.
24 (b) For purposes of the Illinois Insurance Code, except
25 for Sections 444 and 444.1 and Articles XIII and XIII 1/2,
26 Health Maintenance Organizations in the following categories
27 are deemed to be "domestic companies":
28 (1) a corporation authorized under the Dental
29 Service Plan Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans
30 Act;
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1 (2) a corporation organized under the laws of this
2 State; or
3 (3) a corporation organized under the laws of
4 another state, 30% or more of the enrollees of which are
5 residents of this State, except a corporation subject to
6 substantially the same requirements in its state of
7 organization as is a "domestic company" under Article
8 VIII 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
9 (c) In considering the merger, consolidation, or other
10 acquisition of control of a Health Maintenance Organization
11 pursuant to Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
12 (1) the Director shall give primary consideration
13 to the continuation of benefits to enrollees and the
14 financial conditions of the acquired Health Maintenance
15 Organization after the merger, consolidation, or other
16 acquisition of control takes effect;
17 (2)(i) the criteria specified in subsection (1)(b)
18 of Section 131.8 of the Illinois Insurance Code shall not
19 apply and (ii) the Director, in making his determination
20 with respect to the merger, consolidation, or other
21 acquisition of control, need not take into account the
22 effect on competition of the merger, consolidation, or
23 other acquisition of control;
24 (3) the Director shall have the power to require
25 the following information:
26 (A) certification by an independent actuary of
27 the adequacy of the reserves of the Health
28 Maintenance Organization sought to be acquired;
29 (B) pro forma financial statements reflecting
30 the combined balance sheets of the acquiring company
31 and the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be
32 acquired as of the end of the preceding year and as
33 of a date 90 days prior to the acquisition, as well
34 as pro forma financial statements reflecting
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1 projected combined operation for a period of 2
2 years;
3 (C) a pro forma business plan detailing an
4 acquiring party's plans with respect to the
5 operation of the Health Maintenance Organization
6 sought to be acquired for a period of not less than
7 3 years; and
8 (D) such other information as the Director
9 shall require.
10 (d) The provisions of Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois
11 Insurance Code and this Section 5-3 shall apply to the sale
12 by any health maintenance organization of greater than 10% of
13 its enrollee population (including without limitation the
14 health maintenance organization's right, title, and interest
15 in and to its health care certificates).
16 (e) In considering any management contract or service
17 agreement subject to Section 141.1 of the Illinois Insurance
18 Code, the Director (i) shall, in addition to the criteria
19 specified in Section 141.2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
20 take into account the effect of the management contract or
21 service agreement on the continuation of benefits to
22 enrollees and the financial condition of the health
23 maintenance organization to be managed or serviced, and (ii)
24 need not take into account the effect of the management
25 contract or service agreement on competition.
26 (f) Except for small employer groups as defined in the
27 Small Employer Rating, Renewability and Portability Health
28 Insurance Act and except for medicare supplement policies as
29 defined in Section 363 of the Illinois Insurance Code, a
30 Health Maintenance Organization may by contract agree with a
31 group or other enrollment unit to effect refunds or charge
32 additional premiums under the following terms and conditions:
33 (i) the amount of, and other terms and conditions
34 with respect to, the refund or additional premium are set
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1 forth in the group or enrollment unit contract agreed in
2 advance of the period for which a refund is to be paid or
3 additional premium is to be charged (which period shall
4 not be less than one year); and
5 (ii) the amount of the refund or additional premium
6 shall not exceed 20% of the Health Maintenance
7 Organization's profitable or unprofitable experience with
8 respect to the group or other enrollment unit for the
9 period (and, for purposes of a refund or additional
10 premium, the profitable or unprofitable experience shall
11 be calculated taking into account a pro rata share of the
12 Health Maintenance Organization's administrative and
13 marketing expenses, but shall not include any refund to
14 be made or additional premium to be paid pursuant to this
15 subsection (f)). The Health Maintenance Organization and
16 the group or enrollment unit may agree that the
17 profitable or unprofitable experience may be calculated
18 taking into account the refund period and the immediately
19 preceding 2 plan years.
20 The Health Maintenance Organization shall include a
21 statement in the evidence of coverage issued to each enrollee
22 describing the possibility of a refund or additional premium,
23 and upon request of any group or enrollment unit, provide to
24 the group or enrollment unit a description of the method used
25 to calculate (1) the Health Maintenance Organization's
26 profitable experience with respect to the group or enrollment
27 unit and the resulting refund to the group or enrollment unit
28 or (2) the Health Maintenance Organization's unprofitable
29 experience with respect to the group or enrollment unit and
30 the resulting additional premium to be paid by the group or
31 enrollment unit.
32 In no event shall the Illinois Health Maintenance
33 Organization Guaranty Association be liable to pay any
34 contractual obligation of an insolvent organization to pay
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1 any refund authorized under this Section.
2 (Source: P.A. 89-90, eff. 6-30-95; 90-25, eff. 1-1-98;
3 90-177, eff. 7-23-97; 90-372, eff. 7-1-98; 90-583, eff.
4 5-29-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 90-741, eff. 1-1-99; revised
5 9-8-98.)
6 Section 35. The Voluntary Health Services Plans Act is
7 amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
8 (215 ILCS 165/10) (from Ch. 32, par. 604)
9 Sec. 10. Application of Insurance Code provisions.
10 Health services plan corporations and all persons interested
11 therein or dealing therewith shall be subject to the
12 provisions of Article XII 1/2 and Sections 3.1, 133, 140,
13 143, 143c, 149, 354, 355.2, 356r, 356t, 356u, 356v, 356w,
14 356x, 356y, 367.2, 401, 401.1, 402, 403, 403A, 408, 408.2,
15 and 412, and paragraphs (7) and (15) of Section 367 of the
16 Illinois Insurance Code.
17 (Source: P.A. 89-514, eff. 7-17-96; 90-7, eff. 6-10-97;
18 90-25, eff. 1-1-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 90-741, eff.
19 1-1-99.)