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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0998 Introduced 1/29/2013, by Rep. Lou Lang SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 215 ILCS 5/351A-4 | from Ch. 73, par. 963A-4 |
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Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section
relating to long-term care insurance.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB0998 | | LRB098 07536 RPM 37607 b |
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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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 351A-4 as follows:
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| 6 | | (215 ILCS 5/351A-4) (from Ch. 73, par. 963A-4)
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| 7 | | Sec. 351A-4. Limitation. No long-term care insurance |
| 8 | | policy may:
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| 9 | | (1) Be cancelled, nonrenewed or otherwise terminated |
| 10 | | on grounds of the
the
age or the deterioration of the |
| 11 | | mental or physical health of the insured
individual or |
| 12 | | certificate holder.
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| 13 | | (2) Contain a provision establishing a new waiting |
| 14 | | period in the event
existing coverage is converted to or |
| 15 | | replaced by a new or other form, except
with respect to an |
| 16 | | increase in benefits
voluntarily selected by the insured |
| 17 | | individual or group policyholder.
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| 18 | | (3) Provide coverage for skilled nursing care only or |
| 19 | | provide
significantly more coverage for skilled care in a |
| 20 | | facility than coverage
for lower levels of care.
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| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 92-148, eff. 7-24-01.)
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