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1 | AN ACT concerning insurance.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Uniform Prescription Drug Information Card | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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6 | (215 ILCS 138/15)
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7 | Sec. 15. Uniform prescription drug information cards | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | required.
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9 | (a) A health benefit plan that issues a card or other | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | technology and
provides coverage for prescription drugs or
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11 | devices
and an administrator of such a plan including, but not | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | limited to, third-party
administrators for self-insured plans | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | and state-administered plans shall issue
to its
insureds a card | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | or other technology containing uniform prescription drug
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15 | information. A discounted health care services plan | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | administrator shall issue
to its beneficiaries and insureds a | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | card or other technology containing uniform prescription drug
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18 | information. The uniform prescription drug information card or | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | other
technology issued by a health benefit plan or discounted | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | health care services plan administrator shall
specifically | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | identify and display the following
mandatory data elements on | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | the front of the card:
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23 | (1) BIN number;
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1 | (2) Processor control number if required for claims | ||||||
2 | adjudication;
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3 | (3) Group number;
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4 | (4) Card issuer identifier;
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5 | (5) Cardholder ID number; and
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6 | (6) Cardholder name.
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7 | The uniform prescription drug information card or other | ||||||
8 | technology shall
specifically identify and display the | ||||||
9 | following mandatory data elements on the
back of the card:
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10 | (1) Claims submission names and addresses; and
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11 | (2) Help desk telephone numbers and names.
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12 | (b) A new uniform prescription drug information card or | ||||||
13 | other technology
shall be
issued by a health benefit plan upon | ||||||
14 | enrollment and reissued upon any change in
the insured's | ||||||
15 | coverage that affects mandatory data elements contained on the
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16 | card. | ||||||
17 | (c) As used in this Section, "discounted health care | ||||||
18 | services plan administrator" means any person, partnership, or | ||||||
19 | corporation, other than an insurer, health service | ||||||
20 | corporation, limited health service organization holding a | ||||||
21 | certificate of authority under the Limited Health Service | ||||||
22 | Organization Act, or health maintenance organization holding a | ||||||
23 | certificate of authority under the Health Maintenance | ||||||
24 | Organization Act, that arranges, contracts with, or | ||||||
25 | administers contracts with a provider whereby insureds or | ||||||
26 | beneficiaries are provided an incentive to use health care |
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1 | services provided by health care service providers under a | ||||||
2 | discounted health care service plan in which there are no other | ||||||
3 | incentives, such as copayment, coinsurance, or any other | ||||||
4 | reimbursement differential, for beneficiaries to utilize the | ||||||
5 | provider. "Discounted health care services plan administrator" | ||||||
6 | also includes any person, partnership, or corporation, other | ||||||
7 | than an insurer, health service corporation, limited health | ||||||
8 | service organization holding a certificate of authority under | ||||||
9 | the Limited Health Service Organization Act, or health | ||||||
10 | maintenance organization holding a certificate of authority | ||||||
11 | under the Health Maintenance Organization Act, that enters into | ||||||
12 | a contract with another administrator to enroll beneficiaries | ||||||
13 | or insureds in a preferred provider program marketed as an | ||||||
14 | independently identifiable program based on marketing | ||||||
15 | materials or member benefit identification cards.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 91-777, eff. 1-1-01.)
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