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| AN ACT concerning consumer protection.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
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| Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2QQ as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 505/2QQ new) |
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| Sec. 2QQ. Insurance cards; social security number. |
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| (a) As used in this Section, "insurance card" means a card |
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| that a person or entity provides to an individual so that the |
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| individual may present the card to establish the eligibility of |
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| the individual or his or her dependents to receive health, |
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| dental, optical, or accident insurance benefits, prescription |
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| drug benefits, or benefits under a managed care plan or a plan |
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| provided by a health maintenance organization, a health |
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| services plan corporation, or a similar entity.
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| (b) A person or entity may not print an individual's social |
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| security number on an insurance card. A person or entity that |
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| provides an insurance card must print on the card an |
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| identification number unique to the holder of the card in the |
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| format prescribed by Section 15 of the
Uniform Prescription |
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| Drug Information Card Act. |
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| (c) An insurance card issued to an individual before the |
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General |
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| Assembly that does not comply with subsection (b) must be |
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| replaced by January 1, 2006 with an insurance card that |
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| complies with subsection (b) if the individual's eligibility |
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| for benefits continues after the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. |
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| (d) A violation of this Section constitutes an unlawful |
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| practice within the meaning of this Act.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
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| 1, 2005.
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