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WALSH,T-DONAHUE-DEMUZIO-MADIGAN,R-BERMAN, SIEBEN, 
   NOLAND, SULLIVAN, BOMKE, MYERS,J, GEO-KARIS, 
   SHAW AND SILVERSTEIN.

(MAUTINO-FLOWERS-MITCHELL,BILL-KRAUSE-JOHNSON,TIM)

   5 ILCS 375/10             from Ch. 127, par. 530                            

        Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971.  Provides      
   that the cost of participation in the basic program  of  group  health      
   benefits for the dependent or survivor of a living or deceased retired      
   employee  who  was  formerly employed by the University of Illinois in      
   the Cooperative Extension Service and would be an  annuitant  but  for      
   the  fact  that  he  or  she was made ineligible to participate in the      
   State Universities Retirement System by clause (4) of  subsection  (a)      
   of  Section  15-107  of the Illinois Pension Code shall not be greater      
   than the cost of participation that  would  otherwise  apply  to  that      
   dependent  or  survivor if he or she were the dependent or survivor of      
   an annuitant under the State Universities Retirement System.  Provides      
   that the State will pay the difference.  Effective immediately.             
          PENSION NOTE (Pension Laws Commission)                               
          SB251 would not affect the accrued liabilities or annual cost        
          of SURS. Certain health insurance premiums would increase for        
          the UofI Cooperative Extension Service by an unknown amount.         
          STATE MANDATES NOTE, AMENDED                                         
          (Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs)                            
          This legislation creates a personnel mandate for which reim-         
          bursement of the increased costs to units of local government        
          would be required. However, an estimate of the costs to units        
          of local government is unavailable at this time.                     
          HOME RULE NOTE, AMENDED                                              
          (Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs)                            
          This legislation pre-empts home rule authority.                      
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          5 ILCS 375/3                    from Ch. 127, par. 523               
          5 ILCS 375/10                   from Ch. 127, par. 530               
          5 ILCS 375/6.12 new                                                  
          30 ILCS 805/8.23 new                                                 
          55 ILCS 5/5-1069.8 new                                               
          65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.8 new                                               
          215 ILCS 5/155.36 new                                                
          215 ILCS 5/370g                 from Ch. 73, par. 982g               
          215 ILCS 5/370s new                                                  
          215 ILCS 5/511.118 new                                               
          215 ILCS 105/8.6 new                                                 
          215 ILCS 123/15                                                      
          215 ILCS 123/20                                                      
          215 ILCS 125/2-2                from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1404          
          215 ILCS 125/5-3.6 new                                               
          215 ILCS 125/6-7                from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1418.7        
          215 ILCS 130/4002.6 new                                              
          215 ILCS 165/15.30 new                                               
          305 ILCS 5/5-16.12 new                                               
        Replaces the title and  everything  after  the  enacting  clause.      
   Creates  the  Managed  Care Reform and Patient Rights Act.  Enumerates      
   certain information and quality of care standards to which  a  patient      
   is  entitled.  Requires health care plans to disclose to enrollees and      
   prospective enrollees specific  information  concerning  benefits  and      
   coverages,  emergency  services,  out-of-area  coverages, service area      
   covered, access to specialists, and grievance procedures.  Sets  forth      
   requirements   for   continuity  of  care.   Prohibits  restraints  on      
   communications between health care providers and enrollees and  others      
   regarding  care  alternatives, quality, and utilization review issues.      
   Establishes requirements for access to specialists and the  mechanisms      
   for  second  opinions.   Requires health care plans to have a consumer      
   advisory committee made up of enrollees and  to  establish  a  quality      
   assessment  program.   Provides  for  the  registration of utilization      
   review programs.  Amends the  Health  Care  Purchasing  Group  Act  to      
   provide that the purchasing group may be formed by 2 or more employers      
   having  no  more than 500 covered employees each rather than having an      
   aggregate  limit  of  2,500  covered  individuals.    Authorizes   the      
   sponsorship of health care purchasing groups with up to 100,000 rather      
   than  10,000  covered  individuals.   Amends the State Employees Group      
   Insurance Plan of 1971, the  Counties  Code,  the  Illinois  Municipal      
   Code,   the  Comprehensive  Health  Insurance  Plan  Act,  the  Health      
   Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service  Organization      
   Act,  the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public      
   Aid Code to require that health care coverage under those  Acts comply      
   with  Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act.  Amends the Illinois      
   Insurance Code to require compliance with provisions  of  the  Managed      
   Care  Reform  and Patient Rights Act concerning utilization review and      
   complaint procedures.   Amends  the  State  Mandates  Act  to  provide      
   reimbursement by the State is not required. Amends the State Employees      
   Group  Insurance Act of 1971.  Provides that the cost of participation      
   in the basic program of group health benefits  for  the  dependent  or      
   survivor  of  a  living  or deceased retired employee who was formerly      
   employed by the University of Illinois in  the  Cooperative  Extension      
   Service  and would be an annuitant but for the fact that he or she was      
   made ineligible to participate in the  State  Universities  Retirement      
   System  by  clause  (4)  of  subsection  (a)  of Section 15-107 of the      
   Illinois  Pension  Code  shall  not  be  greater  than  the  cost   of      
   participation that would otherwise apply to that dependent or survivor      
   if  he or she were the dependent or survivor of an annuitant under the      
   State Universities Retirement System.  Provides that  the  State  will      
   pay  the  difference.  Adds  the  Southern  Illinois Collegiate Common      
   Market to the definition of  "unit  of  local  government".  Generally      
   effective  January 1, 2000.  Certain provisions of the State Employees      
   Group Insurance Act of 1971 take effect upon becoming law.                  
   99-02-09  S  FIRST READING                                                  
   99-02-09  S  REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE       RULES                 
   99-02-17  S       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               INS & PENS.           
   99-02-24  S       DO PASS                             008-000-000   SINS    
   99-02-24  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING  99-02-25              
   99-02-24  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SIEBEN                
   99-02-24  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    DEMUZIO               
   99-02-24  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BURZYNSKI             
   99-02-24  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    NOLAND                
   99-02-26  S                        PENSION NOTE FILED                       
   99-03-02  S  SECOND READING                                                 
   99-03-02  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING  99-03-03              
   99-03-04  S  ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR              DEMUZIO               
   99-03-04  S  THIRD READING - PASSED                   057-000-000           
   99-03-04  H  ARRIVE IN HOUSE                                                
   99-03-04  H  PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING                         
   99-03-05  H  HOUSE SPONSOR                            MAUTINO               
   99-03-09  H  FIRST READING                                                  
   99-03-09  H  REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE        RULES                 
   99-03-19  H       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               PERS PENSION          
   99-03-25  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 MITCHELL,BILL         
   99-04-27  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 WINKEL                
   99-04-27  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 JOHNSON,TIM           
   99-04-29  H                                           COMMITTEE AND 3RD     
   99-04-29  H                                           READING DEADLINE      
   99-04-29  H                                           EXTENDED - 5/21/99    
   99-04-29  H                   COMMITTEE               PERS PENSION          
   99-05-05  H  MOTION FILED TO DISCHARGE COMMITTEE      PLACE ON CALENDAR     
   99-05-05  H                                           ORDER 2ND READING     
   99-05-05  H                                           -MAUTINO              
   99-05-05  H                   COMMITTEE               PERS PENSION          
   99-05-21  H  DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE                     011-000-000   HPPN    
   99-05-21  H  PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                       
   99-05-21  H  SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE                                    
   99-05-21  H  PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   99-05-21  H                                           3RD RDING DEADLINE    
   99-05-21  H                                           EXTENDED - 5/31/99    
   99-05-21  H  CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   99-05-25  H  RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   99-05-25  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-BOST               
   99-05-25  H                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL                  
   99-05-25  H  HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE                       
   99-05-26  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-FLOWERS            
   99-05-26  H                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL                  
   99-05-26  H  RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED                    HRUL                  
   99-05-26  H  STATE MNDT FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED                        
   99-05-26  H  HOME RULE NOTE FILED AS AMENDED                                
   99-05-26  H  JOINT-ALTERNATE-SPONSOR CHANGED TO       FLOWERS               
   99-05-26  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-FLOWERS            
   99-05-26  H                                   ADOPTED                       
   99-05-26  H  PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   99-05-26  H  TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 40(a)            HOUSE AMEND #1        
   99-05-26  H  THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED        115-000-000           
   99-05-26  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 KRAUSE                
   99-05-27  S  SPONSOR REMOVED                          DONAHUE               
   99-05-27  S  CHIEF SPONSOR CHANGED TO                 WALSH,T               
   99-05-27  S  CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CHANGED TO              DONAHUE               
   99-05-27  S  SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE            02                    
   99-05-27  S  FILED WITH SECRETARY                                           
   99-05-27  S     MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02/WALSH,T            
   99-05-27  S                        MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL                  
   99-05-27  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SULLIVAN              
   99-05-27  S     MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02/WALSH,T            
   99-05-27  S                           RULES REFERS TO SINS                  
   99-05-27  S  ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR              MADIGAN,R             
   99-05-27  S  ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR              BERMAN                
   99-05-27  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SIEBEN                
   99-05-27  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BOMKE                 
   99-05-27  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MYERS,J               
   99-05-27  S     MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02/WALSH,T            
   99-05-27  S                                BE ADOPTED SINS/008-000-001      
   99-05-27  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    GEO-KARIS             
   99-05-27  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    TROTTER               
   99-05-27  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SHAW                  
   99-05-27  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SILVERSTEIN           
   99-05-27  S     MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02/WALSH,T            
   99-05-27  S  SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.)      02/058-000-000        
   99-05-27  S  PASSED BOTH HOUSES                                             
   99-06-25  S  SENT TO THE GOVERNOR                                           
   99-08-19  S  GOVERNOR APPROVED                                              
   99-08-19  S                                           DIFFERENT PARTS       
   99-08-19  S                            EFFECTIVE DATE 99-08-19              
   99-08-19  S                            EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01              
   99-08-19  S                            EFFECTIVE DATE 00-07-01              
   99-08-19  S  PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0617               

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