95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4409


 
Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














215 ILCS 5/356h
  from Ch. 73, par. 968h







    Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In addition to prohibiting a policy of accident and health insurance from excluding or limiting a child's coverage solely because the child is adopted or the child does not reside with the insured, prohibits excluding or limiting a child's coverage solely because the child is unmarried and 25 years of age or younger or because the child is unmarried, 30 years of age or younger, and a full-time student at an institution of higher education.
















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HB4409

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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 Illinois Insurance Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 356h as follows:
 



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    (215 ILCS 5/356h)  (from Ch. 73, par. 968h)



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    Sec. 356h. No individual or group policy of accident and 
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health
insurance which covers the insured's immediate family or 
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children, as well
as covering the insured, shall exclude a 
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child from coverage or limit
coverage for a child solely 
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because:
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        (1) the child is an adopted child; , or
solely because 
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        (2) the child does not reside with the insured; or .
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        (3) the child is unmarried and 25 years of age or 
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    younger or the child is unmarried, is 30 years of age or 
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    younger, and is a full-time student at an institution of 
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    higher education.
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     For purposes of
this Section, a child who is in the 
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custody of the insured, pursuant to an
interim court order of 
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adoption or, in the case of group insurance, placement
of 
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adoption, whichever comes first, vesting temporary care of the 
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child in
the
insured, is an adopted child, regardless of 
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whether a final order granting
adoption is ultimately issued.

 


 






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(Source: P.A. 91-549, eff. 8-14-99.)