Full Text of HB0440 103rd General Assembly
HB0440ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Bob Morgan Filed: 3/14/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 440
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 440 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Department of Insurance Law of the
Civil | 5 | | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section | 6 | | 1405-50 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 1405/1405-50 new) | 8 | | Sec. 1405-50. Consumer Health Care Access Liaison. The | 9 | | Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall | 10 | | appoint a person within the Department of Insurance to serve | 11 | | as the Consumer Health Care Access Liaison for the State of | 12 | | Illinois. The Consumer Health Care Access Liaison shall | 13 | | receive an annual salary as set by the Governor and beginning | 14 | | July 1, 2023 shall be compensated from appropriations made for | 15 | | this purpose. The person appointed to serve as Consumer Health | 16 | | Care Access Liaison may be an existing employee with other |
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| 1 | | duties. The Consumer Health Care Access Liaison shall have | 2 | | authority to oversee and direct functions at other State | 3 | | agencies related to network adequacy issues in Illinois, | 4 | | including, but not limited to, the Department of Public | 5 | | Health, the Department of Financial and Professional | 6 | | Regulation, and the Department of Healthcare and Family | 7 | | Services. | 8 | | Section 10. The Network Adequacy and Transparency Act is | 9 | | amended by changing Section 30 as follows: | 10 | | (215 ILCS 124/30)
| 11 | | Sec. 30. Administration and enforcement.
| 12 | | (a) Insurers, as defined in this Act, have a continuing | 13 | | obligation to comply with the requirements of this Act. Other | 14 | | than the duties specifically created in this Act, nothing in | 15 | | this Act is intended to preclude, prevent, or require the | 16 | | adoption, modification, or termination of any utilization | 17 | | management, quality management, or claims processing | 18 | | methodologies of an insurer. | 19 | | (b) Nothing in this Act precludes, prevents, or requires | 20 | | the adoption, modification, or termination of any network plan | 21 | | term, benefit, coverage or eligibility provision, or payment | 22 | | methodology. | 23 | | (c) The Director shall enforce the provisions of this Act | 24 | | pursuant to the enforcement powers granted to it by law. |
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| 1 | | (d) The Department shall adopt rules to enforce compliance | 2 | | with this Act to the extent necessary. | 3 | | (e) The Consumer Health Care Access Liaison shall enforce | 4 | | the provisions of this Act pursuant to Section 1405-50 of the | 5 | | Department of Insurance Law.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 100-502, eff. 9-15-17.)
| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 8 | | becoming law.".
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