Sen. Julie A. Morrison
Filed: 3/20/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1449 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1449 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended  by 
5adding Section 370c.2 as follows:
 
6    (215 ILCS 5/370c.2 new)
7    Sec. 370c.2. Task force on disability income insurance; 
8parity for behavioral health conditions.
9    (a)    As used in this Section, "behavioral health condition" 
10means any mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorder 
11or condition that falls under any of the diagnostic categories 
12listed in the mental and behavioral disorders chapter of the 
13current edition of the International Classification of Disease 
14or that is listed in the most recent version of the Diagnostic 
15and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
16    (b)   The Department shall form a task force to review the 
 
 
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1plans and policies for individual and group short-term and 
2long-term disability income insurance issued and offered to 
3individuals and employers in this State to examine the use of 
4such insurance for behavioral health conditions. The task force 
5shall be comprised of experts in the disability income 
6insurance industry, experts in the behavioral health 
7conditions and treatment industry, members of the general 
8public, and 4 members of the General Assembly, 2 who shall be 
9appointed by the President of the Senate and 2 who shall be 
10appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with 
11equal representation from the majority and minority parties.
12    (c)    Appointments shall be made 90 days after the effective 
13date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.
14    (d)    Members shall serve without compensation and shall be 
15adults and residents of Illinois.
16    (e)   The task force shall:
17        (1)    review existing plans and policies for individual 
18    and group short-term and long-term disability income 
19    insurance issued, delivered, and offered in the State;
20        (2)  compare consumer use of short-term and long-term 
21    disability income insurance coverage for behavioral health 
22    conditions with use of such insurance for physical 
23    conditions;
24        (3)    review reports of current costs incurred from 
25    individual and group short-term and long-term disability 
26    income insurance to cover behavioral health conditions at 
 
 
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1    parity with physical conditions; and
2        (4) provide recommendations on the use of individual 
3    and group short-term and long-term disability income 
4    insurance to cover behavioral health conditions. 
5    (f)  Any of the findings, recommendations, and other 
6information determined by the task force to be relevant shall 
7be made available on the Department's website.
8    (g)  The task force shall submit findings and 
9recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by 
10December 31, 2020.
11    (h) The task force is dissolved and this Section is 
12repealed on December 31, 2021. 
 

13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
14becoming law.".