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Full Text of HB6724  95th General Assembly

HB6724 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB6724

 

Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 5/356t

    Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In the Section concerning post-mastectomy care, requires insurance companies to provide coverage for (1) a minimum of 24 hours of inpatient care following a lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer or (2) a minimum of 48 hours of inpatient care following a mastectomy or breast conserving surgery for the treatment of breast cancer. Prohibits insurance companies from giving incentives or penalties to physicians or providers. Provides that insurance companies must provide notice of the required coverage to each participant and beneficiary. Makes other changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning 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 356t as follows:
 
6     (215 ILCS 5/356t)
7     Sec. 356t. Post-mastectomy care.
8     (a) An individual or group policy of accident and health
9 insurance or managed care plan that provides surgical coverage
10 and is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the
11 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 shall provide
12 inpatient coverage for medically necessary treatment following
13 a mastectomy. The policy or plan shall provide coverage for the
14 following:
15         (1) a minimum of 24 hours of inpatient care following a
16     lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer,
17     except as otherwise provided in this Section; or
18         (2) a minimum of 48 hours of inpatient care following a
19     mastectomy or breast conserving surgery (such as a
20     lumpectomy) for the treatment of breast cancer, except as
21     otherwise provided in this Section.
22     A shorter length of hospital inpatient stay for services
23 related to a mastectomy, lumpectomy, or a lymph node dissection

 

 

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1 may be provided if the attending physician determines, in
2 consultation with the patient for a length of time determined
3 by the attending physician to be medically necessary and in
4 accordance with protocols and guidelines based on sound
5 scientific evidence and upon evaluation of the patient and the
6 coverage for and availability of a post-discharge physician
7 office visit or in-home nurse visit to verify the condition of
8 the patient in the first 48 hours after discharge, that a
9 shorter period of hospital stay is medically appropriate.
10     (b) An issuer of individual or group policy of accident and
11 health insurance or managed care plan that provides coverage
12 under this Section may not:
13         (1) require that a physician or provider obtain
14     authorization from the issuer or policy or plan for
15     prescribing any length of stay required under subsection
16     (a) of this Section;
17         (2) penalize or otherwise reduce or limit the
18     reimbursement of a physician or provider because the
19     physician or provider provided care to a patient in
20     accordance with subsection (a) of this Section;
21         (3) provide financial or other incentives to a
22     physician or provider in order to induce the physician or
23     provider to keep the length of inpatient stays of patients
24     following a mastectomy, lumpectomy, or a lymph node
25     dissection for the treatment of breast cancer below any
26     limits;

 

 

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1         (4) provide financial or other incentives to a
2     physician or provider in order to induce the physician or
3     provider to refrain from referring a patient for a
4     secondary consultation that would otherwise be covered by
5     the policy or plan; or
6         (5) deny to a participant eligibility or continued
7     eligibility to enroll or renew coverage under the terms of
8     the policy or plan or deny coverage solely for the purpose
9     of avoiding the requirements of this Section.
10     (c) An issuer of a policy or plan under this Section must
11 provide notice to each participant and beneficiary of the
12 coverage required by this Section. The notice shall be in
13 writing and prominently positioned in any literature or
14 correspondence made available or distributed by the issuer or
15 policy or plan.
16 (Source: P.A. 90-7, eff. 6-10-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)