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    AN ACT concerning insurance.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance  Act is 
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amended  by changing Sections 30 and 45 and  by adding Section 63 
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as follows:
 
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    (215 ILCS 170/30)
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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)

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    Sec. 30. Program outreach and marketing. The Department may 
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provide grants to application agents and other community-based 
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organizations to educate the public about the availability of 
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the Program.  The Department shall adopt rules regarding 
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performance standards and outcomes measures expected of 
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organizations that are awarded grants under this Section, 
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including penalties for nonperformance of contract standards.

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    The Department shall annually publish in newspapers around 
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the State the premiums or other cost sharing requirements of 
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the Program.

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(Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
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    (215 ILCS 170/45)
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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)

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    Sec. 45. Study; contracts.
 


 






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    (a) The Department shall conduct a study that includes, but 
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is not limited to, the following:
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        (1) Establishing estimates, broken down by regions of 
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    the State, of the number of children with and without 
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    health insurance coverage; the number of children who are 
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    eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance 
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    Program, and, of that number, the number who are enrolled 
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    in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program; and 
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    the number of children with access to dependent coverage 
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    through an employer, and, of that number, the number who 
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    are enrolled in dependent coverage through an employer.
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        (2) Surveying those families whose children have 
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    access to employer-sponsored dependent coverage but who 
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    decline such coverage as to the reasons for declining 
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    coverage.
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        (3) Ascertaining, for the population of children 
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    accessing employer-sponsored dependent coverage or who 
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    have access to such coverage, the comprehensiveness of 
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    dependent coverage available, the amount of cost-sharing 
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    currently paid by the employees, and the cost-sharing 
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    associated with such coverage.
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        (4) Measuring the health outcomes or other benefits for 
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    children utilizing the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance 
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    Program and analyzing the effects on utilization of 
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    healthcare services for children after enrollment in the 
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    Program compared to the preceding period of uninsured 
 


 






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    status.  
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    (b) The studies described in subsection (a) shall be 
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conducted in a manner that compares a time period preceding or 
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at the initiation of the program with a later period.
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    (c) The Department shall submit the preliminary results of 
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the study to the Governor and the General Assembly no later 
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than July 1, 2008 and shall submit the final results to the 
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Governor and the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2010.

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    (d) The Department shall submit copies of all contracts 
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awarded for the administration of the Program to the Speaker of 
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the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House 
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of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the 
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Minority Leader of the Senate.

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(Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
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    (215 ILCS 170/63  new)
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    Sec. 63. Audits by the Auditor General. The Auditor General 
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shall annually cause an audit to be made of the Program, 
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beginning June 30, 2008 and each June 30th thereafter. The 
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audit shall include payments for health services covered by the 
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Program and contracts entered into by the Department in 
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relation to the Program.