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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Illinois Insurance Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 370c.2 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (215 ILCS 5/370c.2 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 370c.2. Task force on disability income insurance; | ||||||
| 8 | parity for behavioral health conditions. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) As used in this Section, "behavioral health condition" | ||||||
| 10 | means any mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorder | ||||||
| 11 | or condition that falls under any of the diagnostic categories | ||||||
| 12 | listed in the mental and behavioral disorders chapter of the | ||||||
| 13 | current edition of the International Classification of Disease | ||||||
| 14 | or that is listed in the most recent version of the Diagnostic | ||||||
| 15 | and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) The Department shall form a task force to review the | ||||||
| 17 | plans and policies for individual and group short-term and | ||||||
| 18 | long-term disability income insurance issued and offered to | ||||||
| 19 | individuals and employers in this State in order to examine the | ||||||
| 20 | use of such insurance for behavioral health conditions. The | ||||||
| 21 | Task Force shall work cooperatively with the insurance | ||||||
| 22 | industry, community organizations, businesses and business | ||||||
| 23 | coalitions, and advocacy groups to reduce the stigma of | ||||||
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| 1 | behavioral health conditions. The task force shall be comprised | ||||||
| 2 | of the following members: | ||||||
| 3 | (1) 2 representatives of the disability income | ||||||
| 4 | insurance industry appointed by the Governor. | ||||||
| 5 | (2) 2 experts in the behavioral health conditions and | ||||||
| 6 | treatment industry appointed by the Governor. | ||||||
| 7 | (3) 2 consumers of disability income insurance who have | ||||||
| 8 | experienced or are experiencing a behavioral health | ||||||
| 9 | condition appointed by the Governor. | ||||||
| 10 | (4) One member of the General Assembly appointed by the | ||||||
| 11 | Speaker of the House of Representatives. | ||||||
| 12 | (5) One member of the General Assembly appointed by the | ||||||
| 13 | President of the Senate. | ||||||
| 14 | (6) One member of the General Assembly appointed by the | ||||||
| 15 | Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. | ||||||
| 16 | (7) One member of the General Assembly appointed by the | ||||||
| 17 | Minority Leader of the Senate. | ||||||
| 18 | (c) The task force shall elect a chairperson from its | ||||||
| 19 | membership and shall have the authority to determine its | ||||||
| 20 | meeting schedule, hearing schedule, and agendas. | ||||||
| 21 | (d) Appointments shall be made 90 days after the effective | ||||||
| 22 | date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. | ||||||
| 23 | (e) Members shall serve without compensation and shall be | ||||||
| 24 | adults and residents of Illinois. | ||||||
| 25 | (f) The task force shall: | ||||||
| 26 | (1) review existing plans and policies for individual | ||||||
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| 1 | and group short-term and long-term disability income | ||||||
| 2 | insurance issued, delivered, and offered in the State; | ||||||
| 3 | (2) compare coverage provided by short-term and | ||||||
| 4 | long-term disability income insurance policies for | ||||||
| 5 | behavioral health conditions with coverage provided by | ||||||
| 6 | such policies for physical conditions and the reasons for | ||||||
| 7 | differences in coverage; | ||||||
| 8 | (3) gather information on the cost of requiring | ||||||
| 9 | individual and group short-term and long-term disability | ||||||
| 10 | income insurance to cover behavioral health conditions at | ||||||
| 11 | parity with physical conditions; and | ||||||
| 12 | (4) provide recommendations on the economic | ||||||
| 13 | feasibility and cost effectiveness of requiring individual | ||||||
| 14 | and group short-term and long-term disability income | ||||||
| 15 | insurance to cover behavioral health conditions. | ||||||
| 16 | (g) Any of the findings, recommendations, and other | ||||||
| 17 | information determined by the task force to be relevant shall | ||||||
| 18 | be made available on the Department's website. | ||||||
| 19 | (h) The task force shall submit findings and | ||||||
| 20 | recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by | ||||||
| 21 | December 31, 2020. | ||||||
| 22 | (i) The task force is dissolved and this Section is | ||||||
| 23 | repealed on December 31, 2021.
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| 24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 25 | becoming law.
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