Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
Filed: 3/13/2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5285 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5285, on page 4, by 
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replacing lines 2 through 10 with the following:
 
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    "(215 ILCS 5/356z.11  new)
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    Sec. 356z.11. Dependent students; medical leave of 
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absence.  A group or individual policy of accident and health 
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insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or 
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renewed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
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95th General Assembly must continue to provide coverage for a 
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dependent college student who takes a medical leave of absence 
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or reduces his or her course load to part-time status because 
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of a catastrophic illness or injury.
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    Continuation of coverage under this Section is subject to 
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all of the policy's terms and
conditions applicable to those 
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forms of insurance. Continuation of insurance under the policy 
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shall terminate  12 months after notice of the illness or injury 
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or until the coverage would have otherwise lapsed pursuant to 
 


 






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the terms and conditions of the policy, whichever comes first, 
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provided the need for part-time status or medical leave of 
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absence is supported by a clinical certification of need from a 
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physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches.
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    The provisions of this Section do not apply to short-term 
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travel, accident-only, limited, or specified disease policies 
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or to policies or contracts designed for issuance to persons 
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eligible for coverage under Title XVIII of the Social Security 
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Act, known as Medicare, or any other similar coverage under 
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State or federal governmental plans.".