93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5350

 

Introduced 02/06/04, by Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 5/356f   from Ch. 73, par. 968f

    Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Adds a caption to a Section concerning the use of DES.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning health insurance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
5 changing Section 356f as follows:
 
6     (215 ILCS 5/356f)  (from Ch. 73, par. 968f)
7     Sec. 356f. Use of DES. No policy of accident or health
8 insurance or any renewal thereof shall be denied or cancelled
9 by the insurer, nor shall any such policy contain any exception
10 or exclusion of benefits, solely because the mother of the
11 insured has taken diethylstilbestrol, commonly referred to as
12 DES.
13 (Source: P.A. 81-656.)