102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1108

 

Introduced 2/25/2021, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 123/10

    Amends the Health Care Purchasing Group Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Health Care Purchasing Group Act is amended
5by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (215 ILCS 123/10)
7    Sec. 10. Definitions. Words and and phrases used in this
8Act, unless defined in this Section, have the meanings
9attributed to them in Section 5 of the Illinois Health
10Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
11    "Director" means the Director of Insurance.
12    "Employer" means an individual, sole proprietorship,
13partnership, firm, corporation, association, or any other
14legal entity that has one or more employees and is legally
15doing business in this State. "Employer" includes employers as
16defined in the Illinois Health Insurance Portability and
17Accountability Act.
18    "Health insurance contract", "group or master health
19insurance contract" and "insurance" refer to the forms of
20insurance obligations which a "risk-bearer" as defined in this
21Section has been authorized to issue.
22    "Risk-bearer" means an insurance company licensed in this
23State and authorized to transact the kinds of business

 

 

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1described in clause (b) of Class 1 and clause (a) of Class 2 of
2Section 4 of the Illinois Insurance Code and entities
3authorized under the Health Maintenance Organization Act.
4(Source: P.A. 97-715, eff. 1-1-13.)