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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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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 adding 
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Section 356z.12 as follows:
 
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    (215 ILCS 5/356z.12  new)
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    Sec. 356z.12. Applicability of mandated benefits to 
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supplemental policies. Unless specified otherwise, the 
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following Sections of the Illinois Insurance Code do not apply 
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to short-term travel, disability income, long-term care, 
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accident only, or limited or specified disease policies, 
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including dental-only and vision-only policies, or to policies 
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or contracts designed for issuance to persons eligible for 
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coverage under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, known as 
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Medicare: 356b, 356c, 356d, 356g, 356k, 356m, 356n, 356p, 356q, 
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356r, 356t, 356u, 356w, 356x, 356z.1, 356z.2, 356z.4, 356z.5, 
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356z.6, 356z.8, 367.2, 367.2-5, and 367e.
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    Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may 
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exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under 
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the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or 
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promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this 
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amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.  If, however, the 
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Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or 
 


 






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enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th 
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General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General 
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Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the 
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Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General 
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Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those 
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suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action 
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in the General Assembly's discretion.   Nothing contained in this 
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amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be 
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interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other 
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Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise 
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explicitly given.  For the purposes of this amendatory Act of 
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the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning 
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contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative 
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Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the 
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meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois 
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Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such 
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definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the 
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jurisdiction of the Governor.