Full Text of SB2316 100th General Assembly
SB2316sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Laura M. Murphy Filed: 3/1/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2316
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2316 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 | 5 | | is amended by changing Section 6.11 as follows:
| 6 | | (5 ILCS 375/6.11)
| 7 | | Sec. 6.11. Required health benefits; Illinois Insurance | 8 | | Code
requirements. The program of health
benefits shall provide | 9 | | the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be covered
by a | 10 | | policy of accident and health insurance under Section 356t of | 11 | | the Illinois
Insurance Code. The program of health benefits | 12 | | shall provide the coverage
required under Sections 356g, | 13 | | 356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356m,
356u, 356w, 356x, 356z.2, 356z.4, | 14 | | 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, | 15 | | 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.17, 356z.22, and 356z.25 , 356z.26, and | 16 | | 356z.29 of the
Illinois Insurance Code.
The program of health |
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| 1 | | benefits must comply with Sections 155.22a, 155.37, 355b, | 2 | | 356z.19, 370c, and 370c.1 of the
Illinois Insurance Code.
| 3 | | Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if | 4 | | any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance | 5 | | with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | 6 | | Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on | 7 | | Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for | 8 | | whatever reason, is unauthorized. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 100-24, eff. 7-18-17; | 10 | | 100-138, eff. 8-18-17; revised 10-3-17.) | 11 | | Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing | 12 | | Section 5-1069.3 as follows: | 13 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-1069.3)
| 14 | | Sec. 5-1069.3. Required health benefits. If a county, | 15 | | including a home
rule
county, is a self-insurer for purposes of | 16 | | providing health insurance coverage
for its employees, the | 17 | | coverage shall include coverage for the post-mastectomy
care | 18 | | benefits required to be covered by a policy of accident and | 19 | | health
insurance under Section 356t and the coverage required | 20 | | under Sections 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356u,
356w, 356x, | 21 | | 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, | 22 | | 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.22, and 356z.25 , 356z.26, and 356z.29 of
| 23 | | the Illinois Insurance Code. The coverage shall comply with | 24 | | Sections 155.22a, 355b, 356z.19, and 370c of
the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Insurance Code. The requirement that health benefits be covered
| 2 | | as provided in this Section is an
exclusive power and function | 3 | | of the State and is a denial and limitation under
Article VII, | 4 | | Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution. A home
| 5 | | rule county to which this Section applies must comply with | 6 | | every provision of
this Section.
| 7 | | Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if | 8 | | any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance | 9 | | with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | 10 | | Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on | 11 | | Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for | 12 | | whatever reason, is unauthorized. | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 100-24, eff. 7-18-17; | 14 | | 100-138, eff. 8-18-17; revised 10-5-17.) | 15 | | Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 16 | | changing Section 10-4-2.3 as follows: | 17 | | (65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3)
| 18 | | Sec. 10-4-2.3. Required health benefits. If a | 19 | | municipality, including a
home rule municipality, is a | 20 | | self-insurer for purposes of providing health
insurance | 21 | | coverage for its employees, the coverage shall include coverage | 22 | | for
the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be covered by | 23 | | a policy of
accident and health insurance under Section 356t | 24 | | and the coverage required
under Sections 356g, 356g.5, |
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| 1 | | 356g.5-1, 356u, 356w, 356x, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, | 2 | | 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.22, and | 3 | | 356z.25 , 356z.26, and 356z.29 of the Illinois
Insurance
Code. | 4 | | The coverage shall comply with Sections 155.22a, 355b, 356z.19, | 5 | | and 370c of
the Illinois Insurance Code. The requirement that | 6 | | health
benefits be covered as provided in this is an exclusive | 7 | | power and function of
the State and is a denial and limitation | 8 | | under Article VII, Section 6,
subsection (h) of the Illinois | 9 | | Constitution. A home rule municipality to which
this Section | 10 | | applies must comply with every provision of this Section.
| 11 | | Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if | 12 | | any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance | 13 | | with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | 14 | | Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on | 15 | | Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for | 16 | | whatever reason, is unauthorized. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 100-24, eff. 7-18-17; | 18 | | 100-138, eff. 8-18-17; revised 10-5-17.) | 19 | | Section 20. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 20 | | 10-22.3f as follows: | 21 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.3f)
| 22 | | Sec. 10-22.3f. Required health benefits. Insurance | 23 | | protection and
benefits
for employees shall provide the | 24 | | post-mastectomy care benefits required to be
covered by a |
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| 1 | | policy of accident and health insurance under Section 356t and | 2 | | the
coverage required under Sections 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1, | 3 | | 356u, 356w, 356x,
356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.11, 356z.12, | 4 | | 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.22, and 356z.25 , 356z.26, and | 5 | | 356z.29 of
the
Illinois Insurance Code.
Insurance policies | 6 | | shall comply with Section 356z.19 of the Illinois Insurance | 7 | | Code. The coverage shall comply with Sections 155.22a and 355b | 8 | | of
the Illinois Insurance Code.
| 9 | | Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if | 10 | | any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance | 11 | | with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | 12 | | Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on | 13 | | Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for | 14 | | whatever reason, is unauthorized. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 100-24, eff. 7-18-17; 100-138, eff. 8-18-17; | 16 | | revised 9-25-17.) | 17 | | Section 25. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by | 18 | | adding Section 356z.29 as follows: | 19 | | (215 ILCS 5/356z.29 new) | 20 | | Sec. 356z.29. Coverage for equine-assisted psychotherapy, | 21 | | hippotherapy, and therapeutic riding. | 22 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 23 | | "Disability" means a determinable physical or mental | 24 | | characteristic of a person that may result from a disease, |
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| 1 | | injury, or congenital condition of birth or a functional | 2 | | disorder. | 3 | | "Equine-assisted psychotherapy" means therapy utilizing a | 4 | | team approach composed of a licensed mental health | 5 | | professional, an equine specialist certified by the Equine | 6 | | Assisted Growth and Learning Association, and a therapy horse | 7 | | working together with a client on the ground under the | 8 | | direction of the professional treatment team. | 9 | | "Hippotherapy" means physical, occupational, or speech | 10 | | therapy, prescribed by a physician and delivered by a licensed | 11 | | occupational therapist, physical therapist, or speech-language | 12 | | pathologist, in conjunction with a person credentialed by the | 13 | | American Hippotherapy Association and a therapy horse. | 14 | | "Therapeutic riding" means horseback riding lessons | 15 | | adapted to individuals with a disability, delivered by a | 16 | | therapeutic riding instructor certified by the Professional | 17 | | Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International and a | 18 | | therapy horse. | 19 | | (b) A group or individual policy of accident and health | 20 | | insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, | 21 | | issued, or renewed after the effective date of this amendatory | 22 | | Act of the 100th General Assembly shall provide coverage for | 23 | | equine-assisted psychotherapy, hippotherapy, and therapeutic | 24 | | riding. | 25 | | (c) If, at any time before or after the effective date of | 26 | | this Amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the |
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| 1 | | Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human | 2 | | Services, or its successor agency, promulgates rules or | 3 | | regulations to be published in the Federal Register, publishes | 4 | | a comment in the Federal Register, or issues an opinion, | 5 | | guidance, or other action that would require the State, | 6 | | pursuant to any provision of the Patient Protection and | 7 | | Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111–148), including, but not | 8 | | limited to, 42 U.S.C. 18031(d)(3)(B) or any successor | 9 | | provision, to defray the cost of any coverage under this | 10 | | Section, then this Section is inoperative with respect to all | 11 | | such coverage other than that authorized under Section 1902 of | 12 | | the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1396a, and the State shall | 13 | | not assume any obligation for the cost of coverage under this | 14 | | Section.
| 15 | | Section 30. The Health Maintenance Organization Act is | 16 | | amended by changing Section 5-3 as follows:
| 17 | | (215 ILCS 125/5-3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2)
| 18 | | Sec. 5-3. Insurance Code provisions.
| 19 | | (a) Health Maintenance Organizations
shall be subject to | 20 | | the provisions of Sections 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141.1,
| 21 | | 141.2, 141.3, 143, 143c, 147, 148, 149, 151,
152, 153, 154, | 22 | | 154.5, 154.6,
154.7, 154.8, 155.04, 155.22a, 355.2, 355.3, | 23 | | 355b, 356g.5-1, 356m, 356v, 356w, 356x, 356y,
356z.2, 356z.4, | 24 | | 356z.5, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, |
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| 1 | | 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.17, 356z.18, 356z.19, 356z.21, | 2 | | 356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29, 364, 364.01, 367.2, | 3 | | 367.2-5, 367i, 368a, 368b, 368c, 368d, 368e, 370c,
370c.1, 401, | 4 | | 401.1, 402, 403, 403A,
408, 408.2, 409, 412, 444,
and
444.1,
| 5 | | paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of Section 367, and Articles | 6 | | IIA, VIII 1/2,
XII,
XII 1/2, XIII, XIII 1/2, XXV, and XXVI of | 7 | | the Illinois Insurance Code.
| 8 | | (b) For purposes of the Illinois Insurance Code, except for | 9 | | Sections 444
and 444.1 and Articles XIII and XIII 1/2, Health | 10 | | Maintenance Organizations in
the following categories are | 11 | | deemed to be "domestic companies":
| 12 | | (1) a corporation authorized under the
Dental Service | 13 | | Plan Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act;
| 14 | | (2) a corporation organized under the laws of this | 15 | | State; or
| 16 | | (3) a corporation organized under the laws of another | 17 | | state, 30% or more
of the enrollees of which are residents | 18 | | of this State, except a
corporation subject to | 19 | | substantially the same requirements in its state of
| 20 | | organization as is a "domestic company" under Article VIII | 21 | | 1/2 of the
Illinois Insurance Code.
| 22 | | (c) In considering the merger, consolidation, or other | 23 | | acquisition of
control of a Health Maintenance Organization | 24 | | pursuant to Article VIII 1/2
of the Illinois Insurance Code,
| 25 | | (1) the Director shall give primary consideration to | 26 | | the continuation of
benefits to enrollees and the financial |
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| 1 | | conditions of the acquired Health
Maintenance Organization | 2 | | after the merger, consolidation, or other
acquisition of | 3 | | control takes effect;
| 4 | | (2)(i) the criteria specified in subsection (1)(b) of | 5 | | Section 131.8 of
the Illinois Insurance Code shall not | 6 | | apply and (ii) the Director, in making
his determination | 7 | | with respect to the merger, consolidation, or other
| 8 | | acquisition of control, need not take into account the | 9 | | effect on
competition of the merger, consolidation, or | 10 | | other acquisition of control;
| 11 | | (3) the Director shall have the power to require the | 12 | | following
information:
| 13 | | (A) certification by an independent actuary of the | 14 | | adequacy
of the reserves of the Health Maintenance | 15 | | Organization sought to be acquired;
| 16 | | (B) pro forma financial statements reflecting the | 17 | | combined balance
sheets of the acquiring company and | 18 | | the Health Maintenance Organization sought
to be | 19 | | acquired as of the end of the preceding year and as of | 20 | | a date 90 days
prior to the acquisition, as well as pro | 21 | | forma financial statements
reflecting projected | 22 | | combined operation for a period of 2 years;
| 23 | | (C) a pro forma business plan detailing an | 24 | | acquiring party's plans with
respect to the operation | 25 | | of the Health Maintenance Organization sought to
be | 26 | | acquired for a period of not less than 3 years; and
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| 1 | | (D) such other information as the Director shall | 2 | | require.
| 3 | | (d) The provisions of Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois | 4 | | Insurance Code
and this Section 5-3 shall apply to the sale by | 5 | | any health maintenance
organization of greater than 10% of its
| 6 | | enrollee population (including without limitation the health | 7 | | maintenance
organization's right, title, and interest in and to | 8 | | its health care
certificates).
| 9 | | (e) In considering any management contract or service | 10 | | agreement subject
to Section 141.1 of the Illinois Insurance | 11 | | Code, the Director (i) shall, in
addition to the criteria | 12 | | specified in Section 141.2 of the Illinois
Insurance Code, take | 13 | | into account the effect of the management contract or
service | 14 | | agreement on the continuation of benefits to enrollees and the
| 15 | | financial condition of the health maintenance organization to | 16 | | be managed or
serviced, and (ii) need not take into account the | 17 | | effect of the management
contract or service agreement on | 18 | | competition.
| 19 | | (f) Except for small employer groups as defined in the | 20 | | Small Employer
Rating, Renewability and Portability Health | 21 | | Insurance Act and except for
medicare supplement policies as | 22 | | defined in Section 363 of the Illinois
Insurance Code, a Health | 23 | | Maintenance Organization may by contract agree with a
group or | 24 | | other enrollment unit to effect refunds or charge additional | 25 | | premiums
under the following terms and conditions:
| 26 | | (i) the amount of, and other terms and conditions with |
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| 1 | | respect to, the
refund or additional premium are set forth | 2 | | in the group or enrollment unit
contract agreed in advance | 3 | | of the period for which a refund is to be paid or
| 4 | | additional premium is to be charged (which period shall not | 5 | | be less than one
year); and
| 6 | | (ii) the amount of the refund or additional premium | 7 | | shall not exceed 20%
of the Health Maintenance | 8 | | Organization's profitable or unprofitable experience
with | 9 | | respect to the group or other enrollment unit for the | 10 | | period (and, for
purposes of a refund or additional | 11 | | premium, the profitable or unprofitable
experience shall | 12 | | be calculated taking into account a pro rata share of the
| 13 | | Health Maintenance Organization's administrative and | 14 | | marketing expenses, but
shall not include any refund to be | 15 | | made or additional premium to be paid
pursuant to this | 16 | | subsection (f)). The Health Maintenance Organization and | 17 | | the
group or enrollment unit may agree that the profitable | 18 | | or unprofitable
experience may be calculated taking into | 19 | | account the refund period and the
immediately preceding 2 | 20 | | plan years.
| 21 | | The Health Maintenance Organization shall include a | 22 | | statement in the
evidence of coverage issued to each enrollee | 23 | | describing the possibility of a
refund or additional premium, | 24 | | and upon request of any group or enrollment unit,
provide to | 25 | | the group or enrollment unit a description of the method used | 26 | | to
calculate (1) the Health Maintenance Organization's |
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| 1 | | profitable experience with
respect to the group or enrollment | 2 | | unit and the resulting refund to the group
or enrollment unit | 3 | | or (2) the Health Maintenance Organization's unprofitable
| 4 | | experience with respect to the group or enrollment unit and the | 5 | | resulting
additional premium to be paid by the group or | 6 | | enrollment unit.
| 7 | | In no event shall the Illinois Health Maintenance | 8 | | Organization
Guaranty Association be liable to pay any | 9 | | contractual obligation of an
insolvent organization to pay any | 10 | | refund authorized under this Section.
| 11 | | (g) Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, | 12 | | if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance | 13 | | with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | 14 | | Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on | 15 | | Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for | 16 | | whatever reason, is unauthorized. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 99-761, eff. 1-1-18; 100-24, eff. 7-18-17; | 18 | | 100-138, eff. 8-18-17; revised 10-5-17.)".
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