HB1976sam002 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Laura Fine

Filed: 10/25/2021

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1976

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1976, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. "An Act concerning regulation", approved August 24, 2021, Public Act 102-578, is amended by changing Section 99 as follows:

(P.A. 102-578, Sec. 99)

Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2022 December 31, 2022.

(Source: P.A. 102-578, eff. 12-31-22.)

Section 10. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by changing Section 1655 as follows:

(215 ILCS 5/1655)

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

Sec. 1655. Policy.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, travel insurance shall be classified and filed for purposes of rates and forms under an inland marine line of insurance; however, including travel insurance that provides coverage for sickness, accident, disability, or death occurring during travel, either exclusively, or in conjunction with related coverages of emergency evacuation or repatriation of remains, or incidental limited property and casualty benefits such as baggage or trip cancellation may be filed under either an accident and health line of insurance or an inland marine line of insurance.

(b) Travel insurance may be in the form of an individual, group, master, or blanket policy.

(c) Eligibility and underwriting standards for travel insurance may be developed and provided based on travel protection plans designed for individual or identified marketing or distribution channels, provided those standards also meet this State's underwriting standards for inland marine.

(Source: P.A. 102-212, eff. 10-28-21.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".