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90_HB2860
215 ILCS 5/155.22b new
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a
company may not use the fact that an applicant or insured was
injured as a result of a battery committed by a spouse or
person in the same household as the sole basis of a rating,
underwriting, or claims handling decision. Effective
immediately.
LRB9009861JSmb
LRB9009861JSmb
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Insurance Code by adding
2 Section 155.22b.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
6 adding Section 155.22b as follows:
7 (215 ILCS 5/155.22b new)
8 Sec. 155.22b. Rating decision; battery. No company may
9 use the fact that an applicant or insured incurred bodily
10 injury as a result of a battery committed against him or her
11 by a spouse or person in the same household as a sole reason
12 for a rating, underwriting, or claims handling decision.
13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.
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