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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1242 Introduced , by Rep. Robyn Gabel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative intent.
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| | HB1242 | | LRB098 08467 RPM 38574 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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 5-3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (215 ILCS 122/5-3)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5-3. Legislative intent. The General Assembly finds |
| 8 | | the the health benefits exchanges authorized by the federal |
| 9 | | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act represent one of a |
| 10 | | number of ways in which the State can address coverage gaps and |
| 11 | | provide individual consumers and small employers access to |
| 12 | | greater coverage options. The General Assembly also finds that |
| 13 | | the State is best positioned to implement an exchange that is |
| 14 | | sensitive to the coverage gaps and market landscape unique to |
| 15 | | this State. |
| 16 | | The purpose of this Law is to ensure that the State is |
| 17 | | making sufficient progress towards establishing an exchange |
| 18 | | within the guidelines outlined by the federal law and to |
| 19 | | protect Illinoisans from undue federal regulation. Although |
| 20 | | the federal law imposes a number of core requirements on |
| 21 | | state-level exchanges, the State has significant flexibility |
| 22 | | in the design and operation of a State exchange that make it |
| 23 | | prudent for the State to carefully analyze, plan, and prepare |