Sen. Don Harmon
Filed: 2/24/2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3211




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3211 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Right 
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to Breastfeed Act.
 
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    Section 5. Breastfeeding Location. A mother may breastfeed 
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her baby in any location, public or private, where the mother 
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is otherwise authorized to be, irrespective of whether the 
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nipple of the mother's breast is uncovered during or incidental 
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to the breastfeeding.
 
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    Section 90. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 356s as follows:
 



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    (215 ILCS 5/356s)



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    Sec. 356s. Post-parturition care. 
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    (a) An individual or group
policy of accident and health 
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insurance that provides maternity coverage and is
amended, 
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delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of this

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amendatory Act of 1996 shall provide coverage for the 
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following:


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        (1) a minimum of 48 hours of inpatient care following a 
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vaginal delivery
for the mother and the newborn, except as 
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otherwise provided in this Section;
or


 


 






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        (2) a minimum of 96 hours of inpatient care following a 
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delivery by
caesarian section for the mother and newborn, 
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except as otherwise provided in
this Section.

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    A shorter length of hospital inpatient stay for services 
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related to maternity
and newborn care may be provided if the 
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attending physician licensed to
practice medicine in all of its 
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branches determines, in accordance with the
protocols and 
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guidelines developed by the American College of Obstetricians 
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and
Gynecologists or the American Academy of Pediatrics, that 
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the mother and the
newborn meet the appropriate guidelines for 
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that length of stay based upon
evaluation of the mother and 
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newborn and the coverage and availability of a
post-discharge 
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physician office visit or in-home nurse visit to verify the

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condition of the infant in the first 48 hours after discharge.

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    (b) An individual or group
policy of accident and health 
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insurance that provides maternity coverage and is
amended, 
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delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of this 
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amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly
shall provide 
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coverage for lactation consultant service requested by the 
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enrollee for 3 months within the first 6 months after the date 
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of delivery of the enrollee's child.  Benefits provided under 
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this subsection (b) may be made subject to a deductible, 
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co-payment, or co-insurance requirement.

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(Source: P.A. 89-513, eff. 9-15-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)".