093_HB3823
LRB093 12228 AMC 17410 b
1 AN ACT concerning insurance coverage.
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 356z.4 as added by Public Act 93-102 as
6 follows:
7 (215 ILCS 5/356z.4)
8 Sec. 356z.4. Coverage for contraceptives.
9 (a) An individual or group policy of accident and health
10 insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed in this
11 State after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
12 93rd General Assembly that provides coverage for outpatient
13 services and outpatient prescription drugs or devices must
14 provide coverage for the insured and any dependent of the
15 insured covered by the policy for all outpatient
16 contraceptive services and all outpatient contraceptive drugs
17 and devices approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
18 Coverage required under this Section may not impose any
19 deductible, coinsurance, waiting period, or other
20 cost-sharing or limitation that is greater than that required
21 for any outpatient service or outpatient prescription drug or
22 device otherwise covered by the policy.
23 (b) As used in this Section, "outpatient contraceptive
24 service" means consultations, examinations, procedures, and
25 medical services, provided on an outpatient basis and related
26 to the use of contraceptive methods (including natural family
27 planning) to prevent an unintended pregnancy.
28 (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
29 require an insurance company to cover services related to an
30 abortion as the term "abortion" is defined in the Illinois
31 Abortion Law of 1975.
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1 (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
2 require an insurance company to cover services related to
3 permanent sterilization that requires a surgical procedure.
4 (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
5 require any person or entity to contract for, enter into,
6 issue, or otherwise provide an insurance policy that in the
7 opinion of the person or entity would abridge or violate that
8 person's or entity's conscience as defined in Section 3 of
9 the Health Care Right of Conscience Act.
10 Nothing in this Section shall be construed to abridge any
11 rights guaranteed by the constitutions of the United States
12 or the State of Illinois or the laws of the State of
13 Illinois, including but not limited to the Religious Freedom
14 Restoration Act, the Health Care Right of Conscience Act, the
15 Abortion Performance Refusal Act, and the Illinois Abortion
16 Law of 1975.
17 (Source: P.A. 93-102, eff. 1-1-04.)
18 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
19 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
20 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
21 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
22 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
23 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
24 any other Public Act.
25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
26 January 1, 2004.