Full Text of HB0603 97th General Assembly
HB0603eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 22-15 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/22-15) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-15)
| 7 | | Sec. 22-15. Insurance on athletes.
| 8 | | (a) In this Section, "IHSA" means the Illinois High School | 9 | | Association. | 10 | | (b) A public school district maintaining grades 9 through | 11 | | 12 shall provide catastrophic accident insurance coverage, | 12 | | with aggregate benefit limits of $7.5 million or 15 years, | 13 | | whichever occurs first, for eligible students in grades 9 | 14 | | through 12 who sustain an accidental injury while participating | 15 | | in school-sponsored or school-supervised interscholastic | 16 | | athletic events sanctioned by the IHSA (including direct and | 17 | | uninterrupted travel to and from the athletic event as well as | 18 | | during a temporary stay at the location of an athletic event | 19 | | held away from the student's school) that results in medical | 20 | | expenses in excess of $50,000. These benefit limits are subject | 21 | | to subsection (d) of this Section and are to be in excess of | 22 | | any and all other insurance, coverage or benefit, in whatever | 23 | | form or designation. |
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| 1 | | Non-public schools maintaining grades 9 through 12 shall | 2 | | provide catastrophic accident insurance coverage, with | 3 | | aggregate benefit limits of $7.5 million or 15 years, whichever | 4 | | occurs first, for eligible students in grades 9 through 12 who | 5 | | sustain an accidental injury while participating in | 6 | | school-sponsored or school-supervised interscholastic athletic | 7 | | tournaments sanctioned by the IHSA (including direct and | 8 | | uninterrupted travel to and from the athletic tournament as | 9 | | well as during a temporary stay at the location of an athletic | 10 | | tournament held away from the student's school) that results in | 11 | | medical expenses in excess of $50,000. These benefit limits are | 12 | | subject to subsection (d) of this Section and are to be in | 13 | | excess of any and all other insurance, coverage or benefit, in | 14 | | whatever form or designation. | 15 | | (c) The IHSA has the exclusive authority to promulgate a | 16 | | plan of coverage necessary to ensure compliance with this | 17 | | Section. The IHSA shall provide a group policy providing the | 18 | | coverage necessary to comply with this Section. Public school | 19 | | districts and non-public schools may purchase the coverage | 20 | | necessary to comply with this Section by participating in the | 21 | | group policy. | 22 | | Alternatively, public school districts or non-public | 23 | | schools that do not participate in the group policy may obtain | 24 | | the coverage necessary to comply with this Section from other | 25 | | coverage providers, but must submit to the IHSA, 60 days before | 26 | | the coverage inception, a certificate of insurance from the |
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| 1 | | coverage provider stating that the insurance provided by the | 2 | | coverage provider is in compliance with the plan of coverage | 3 | | approved by the IHSA. A public school district that manages | 4 | | schools located within a city of over 500,000 inhabitants may | 5 | | provide the catastrophic accident insurance coverage required | 6 | | by this Section through a program of self-insurance, and the | 7 | | public school district must submit to the IHSA, 60 days before | 8 | | coverage inception, proof that the program is in compliance | 9 | | with the plan of coverage. | 10 | | (d) The charges for procedures, treatments, services, or | 11 | | prescription pharmaceuticals covered under this Section must | 12 | | not exceed the charges permissible under the workers' | 13 | | compensation fee schedule under Section 8.2 of the Workers' | 14 | | Compensation Act. With regard to charges for procedures, | 15 | | treatments, services, or prescription pharmaceuticals covered | 16 | | under this Section for which no fee is set by the workers' | 17 | | compensation fee schedule under Section 8.2 of the Workers' | 18 | | Compensation Act, the coverage provider may negotiate charges | 19 | | for the procedures, treatments, services, or prescription | 20 | | pharmaceuticals at a discount. | 21 | | (e) A public school district maintaining grades | 22 | | kindergarten through 8 may The school board of any school | 23 | | district may, in its discretion, provide
medical or hospital | 24 | | service, or both, through accident and health insurance
on a | 25 | | group or individual basis, or through non-profit hospital | 26 | | service
corporations or medical service plan corporations or |
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| 1 | | both, for pupils of
the district in grades kindergarten through | 2 | | 8 injured while participating in any athletic activity under | 3 | | the
jurisdiction of or sponsored or controlled by the district | 4 | | or the
authorities of any school thereof. The cost of such | 5 | | insurance or of
subscriptions to such non-profit corporations, | 6 | | when paid from the funds of
the district, shall, to the extent | 7 | | such moneys are sufficient, be paid from
moneys derived from | 8 | | athletic activities. To the extent that moneys derived
from | 9 | | athletic activities are insufficient, such cost may be paid | 10 | | from the
educational fund of the district. Such insurance may | 11 | | be purchased from or such subscriptions may be taken
in only | 12 | | such companies or corporations as are authorized to do business | 13 | | in
Illinois.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 77-1554.)
| 15 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 16 | | 2013.
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