Sen. William R. Haine
Filed: 3/2/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3378 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3378 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by 
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changing Section 351A-4 as follows:
 



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    (215 ILCS 5/351A-4)  (from Ch. 73, par. 963A-4)



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    Sec. 351A-4. Limitation. No long-term care insurance 
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policy may:


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        (1) Be cancelled, nonrenewed or otherwise terminated 
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    on grounds of the
the
age or the deterioration of the 
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    mental or physical health of the insured
individual or 
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    certificate holder.

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        (2) Contain a provision establishing a new waiting 
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    period in the event
existing coverage is converted to or 
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    replaced by a new or other form, except
with respect to an 
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    increase in benefits
voluntarily selected by the insured 
 


 






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    individual or group policyholder.


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        (3) Provide coverage for skilled nursing care only or 
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    provide
significantly more coverage for skilled care in a 
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    facility than coverage
for lower levels of care.

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(Source: P.A. 92-148, eff. 7-24-01.)".