103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5643

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 5/356z.71 new

    Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall provide coverage for at-home, urine-based pregnancy tests that are prescribed to the covered person, regardless of whether the tests are otherwise available over-the-counter.


LRB103 39419 RPS 69602 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5643LRB103 39419 RPS 69602 b

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 Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
5adding Section 356z.71 as follows:
 
6    (215 ILCS 5/356z.71 new)
7    Sec. 356z.71. Coverage for at-home pregnancy tests. A
8group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or
9a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or
10renewed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
11of the 103rd General Assembly shall provide coverage for
12at-home, urine-based pregnancy tests that are prescribed to
13the covered person, regardless of whether the tests are
14otherwise available over-the-counter.