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Public Act 102-0304
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| SB0930 Enrolled | LRB102 04751 RJF 14770 b |
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AN ACT concerning government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by |
changing Section 370c.2 as follows:
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(215 ILCS 5/370c.2) |
(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021) |
Sec. 370c.2. Task force on disability income insurance; |
parity for behavioral health conditions. |
(a) As used in this Section, "behavioral health condition" |
means any mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use |
disorder or condition that falls under any of the diagnostic |
categories listed in the mental and behavioral disorders |
chapter of the current edition of the International |
Classification of Disease or that is listed in the most recent |
version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental |
Disorders. |
(b) The Department shall form a task force to review the |
plans and policies for individual and group short-term and |
long-term disability income insurance issued and offered to |
individuals and employers in this State in order to examine |
the use of such insurance for behavioral health conditions. |
The Task Force shall work cooperatively with the insurance |
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industry, community organizations, businesses and business |
coalitions, and advocacy groups to reduce the stigma of |
behavioral health conditions. The task force shall be |
comprised of the following members: |
(1) 2 representatives of the disability income |
insurance industry appointed by the Governor. |
(2) 2 experts in the behavioral health conditions and |
treatment industry appointed by the Governor. |
(3) 2 consumers of disability income insurance who |
have experienced or are experiencing a behavioral health |
condition appointed by the Governor. |
(4) One member of the General Assembly appointed by |
the Speaker of the House of Representatives. |
(5) One member of the General Assembly appointed by |
the President of the Senate. |
(6) One member of the General Assembly appointed by |
the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. |
(7) One member of the General Assembly appointed by |
the Minority Leader of the Senate. |
(c) The task force shall elect a chairperson from its |
membership and shall have the authority to determine its |
meeting schedule, hearing schedule, and agendas. |
(d) Appointments shall be made 90 days after the effective |
date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. |
(e) Members shall serve without compensation and shall be |
adults and residents of Illinois. |
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(f) The task force shall: |
(1) review existing plans and policies for individual |
and group short-term and long-term disability income |
insurance issued, delivered, and offered in the State; |
(2) compare coverage provided by short-term and |
long-term disability income insurance policies for |
behavioral health conditions with coverage provided by |
such policies for physical conditions and the reasons for |
differences in coverage; |
(3) gather information on the cost of requiring |
individual and group short-term and long-term disability |
income insurance to cover behavioral health conditions at |
parity with physical conditions; and |
(4) provide recommendations on the economic |
feasibility and cost effectiveness of requiring individual |
and group short-term and long-term disability income |
insurance to cover behavioral health conditions. |
(g) Any of the findings, recommendations, and other |
information determined by the task force to be relevant shall |
be made available on the Department's website. |
(h) The task force shall submit findings and |
recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by |
December 31, 2022 2020. |
(i) The task force is dissolved and this Section is |
repealed on January 1, 2023 December 31, 2021.
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(Source: P.A. 101-332, eff. 8-9-19.)
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