Full Text of HB3639 96th General Assembly
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Rep. Karen May
Filed: 3/12/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3639
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3639 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 357.9 and 357.9a as follows:
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| (215 ILCS 5/357.9) (from Ch. 73, par. 969.9)
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| Sec. 357.9. "TIME OF PAYMENT OF CLAIMS: Indemnities
payable | 8 |
| under
this policy for any loss other than loss for which this | 9 |
| policy provides
any periodic payment will be paid immediately | 10 |
| upon receipt of due
written proof of such loss.
Subject
to due | 11 |
| written proof of loss, all
accrued indemnities for loss for | 12 |
| which this policy provides periodic
payment will be paid ....
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| (insert period for payment which must not be
less frequently | 14 |
| than monthly) and any balance remaining unpaid upon the
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| termination of liability, will be paid immediately upon receipt | 16 |
| of due
written proof."
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| All claims and indemnities payable under the terms of
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| policy of accident and health insurance shall be paid within 30 | 3 |
| days
following receipt by the insurer of due proof of loss.
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| Failure to pay
within such period shall entitle the insured
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| interest at the rate of 9
per cent per annum from the 30th day | 6 |
| after receipt of such proof of loss to
the date of late | 7 |
| payment, provided that interest amounting to less than one
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| dollar need not be paid.
An insured or an insured's assignee | 9 |
| shall be
notified by the insurer, health maintenance | 10 |
| organization, managed care plan,
health care plan, preferred | 11 |
| provider organization, or third party administrator
of any | 12 |
| known failure to provide sufficient documentation for a
due | 13 |
| proof of
loss within 30 days after receipt of the claim.
Any
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| required interest payments shall be made within 30 days after | 15 |
| the payment.
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| The requirements of this Section shall apply to any group | 17 |
| or individual policy of accident
and health insurance , | 18 |
| including insurance against disablement, delivered, issued for | 19 |
| delivery, renewed or amended on
or after 180 days following the | 20 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of 1985.
The requirements | 21 |
| of this Section also shall specifically apply to
any group | 22 |
| policy of dental insurance only, delivered, issued for
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| delivery, renewed or amended on or after 180 days following the | 24 |
| effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1987. The changes to | 25 |
| this Section made by this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 26 |
| Assembly shall apply to any policy of group or individual |
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| accident and health insurance delivered, issued for delivery, | 2 |
| renewed, or amended on or after 180 days following the | 3 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 4 |
| Assembly.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-605, eff. 12-14-99.)
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| (215 ILCS 5/357.9a) (from Ch. 73, par. 969.9a)
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| Sec. 357.9a. Delay in payment of claims. Periodic payments
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| of accrued indemnities for disablement or for loss-of-time | 9 |
| coverage under group and individual accident
and health | 10 |
| policies shall commence not later than 30 days after
the | 11 |
| receipt by the company of the required written proofs of loss.
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| An insurer which violates this Section if liable under said | 13 |
| policy, shall
pay to the insured, in addition to any other | 14 |
| penalty provided for in this Code,
interest at the rate of 9% | 15 |
| per annum from the 30th day after
receipt of such proofs of | 16 |
| loss to the date of late payment of the
accrued indemnities, | 17 |
| provided that interest amounting to less than
one dollar need | 18 |
| not be paid.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-139, eff. 7-24-01.)".
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